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Serious A40 crash in Carmarthenshire on 2 March 1994 at 14:00 involving a Hyundai Stellar

A Hyundai Stellar and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A40 in Carmarthenshire at 14:00 on Wednesday 2 March 1994. The 78-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Stellar, the 61-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro and a 59-year-old male passenger in the Austin Metro were 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
2 Mar 1994
Wednesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Stellar and Austin Metro
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97788, longitude -3.69322, in the SA20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199463D507194
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Stellar

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Stellar)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199463D507194 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.