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Serious C road crash in Powys LD3 on 8 December 1995 at 09:01 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi

A Vauxhall Cavalier taxi hit a pedestrian on a C road in Powys at 09:01 on Friday 8 December 1995. A 74-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 1995
Friday, 09:01
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94943, longitude -3.39385, in the LD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brecon.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199563D536895
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 91 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199563D536895 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 1995.