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Serious B4297 crash in Carmarthenshire on 15 December 1994 at 17:00 involving a Skoda 130

A bicycle and a Skoda 130 were involved in a crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire at 17:00 on Thursday 15 December 1994. The 16-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1994
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Skoda 130
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69012, longitude -4.09075, in the SA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Llangennech.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199463A541094
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4297
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a fatal crash on 26 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda 130

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199463A541094 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Carmarthenshire road accident statistics for 1994.