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Serious A470 crash in Powys on 31 July 1994 at 16:35 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton and a Subaru Subaru were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 16:35 on Sunday 31 July 1994. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Jul 1994
Sunday, 16:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Carlton and Subaru Subaru
Casualties
6
2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13857, longitude -3.36614, in the LD2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199463D525894
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
470
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 103 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Subaru Subaru

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Subaru)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Subaru)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Subaru)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Subaru)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199463D525894 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 1994.