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A487 crash in Ceredigion on 1 May 1996 at 05:10 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the A487 in Ceredigion at 05:10 on Wednesday 1 May 1996. A 48-year-old female passenger and the 59-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 May 1996
Wednesday, 05:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27299, longitude -4.18961, in the SY23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199663B514596
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
487
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 199663B514596 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 1996.