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B4317 crash in Carmarthenshire on 5 February 1995 at 03:50 involving a Rover Montego

A Rover Montego and a Ford minibus were involved in a crash on the B4317 in Carmarthenshire at 03:50 on Sunday 5 February 1995. The 16-year-old male driver of the Rover Montego was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Feb 1995
Sunday, 03:50
Vehicles
2
Rover Montego and Ford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76753, longitude -4.18549, in the SA15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199563A504395
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4317
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Montego)

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 199563A504395 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 1995.