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Serious A470 crash in Powys on 15 December 1995 at 18:36 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery crashed on the A470 in Powys at 18:36 on Friday 15 December 1995. The 45-year-old female driver was seriously injured and a 46-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1995
Friday, 18:36
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87626, longitude -3.49473, in the LD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199563D537695
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    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 199563D537695 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.