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Serious A486 crash in Carmarthenshire on 23 April 1995 at 01:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A486 in Carmarthenshire at 01:30 on Sunday 23 April 1995. A 49-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Apr 1995
Sunday, 01:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03391, longitude -4.33391, in the SA44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199563B513895
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
486
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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 58 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199563B513895 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.