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Serious A485 crash in Carmarthenshire on 12 July 1994 at 17:15 involving a Bedford bus

A car and a Bedford bus were involved in a crash on the A485 in Carmarthenshire at 17:15 on Tuesday 12 July 1994. A 13-year-old female pedestrian hit by the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jul 1994
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Bedford
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07494, longitude -4.15801, in the SA40 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199463B526994
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
485
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    466 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199463B526994 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.