B4309 crash in Carmarthenshire on 10 September 1996 at 17:09 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire at 17:09 on Tuesday 10 September 1996. A 31-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort and the 18-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Sep 1996
- Tuesday, 17:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76756, longitude -4.2268, in the SA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontyates.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199663A524796
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4309
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2005.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 29 April 2005
10 m awayRef 200563AC16105
Slight
Car crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 22 January 1988
40 m awayRef 198863A502188
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 3 July 2018
63 m awayRef 201863A061518
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 5 October 2009
81 m awayRef 200963AC37609
Serious
Lada Riva crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 2 February 1994
82 m awayRef 199463A503994
Slight
Car crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 5 January 1980
108 m awayRef 19806380A0006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 199663A524796 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 1996.