A4213 crash in Carmarthenshire on 3 July 1996 at 08:55 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a Nissan Primera and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A4213 in Carmarthenshire at 08:55 on Wednesday 3 July 1996. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort, the 20-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 1996
- Wednesday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85872, longitude -4.3074, in the SA31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Carmarthen.
Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199663B522596
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4213
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 1991.
Slight
Fiat 128 crash on the A4213 in Carmarthenshire, 15 January 1991
10 m awayRef 199163B501991
Slight
Van crash on the A4213 in Carmarthenshire, 16 December 1983
10 m awayRef 19836383B0491
Slight
Minibus crash on the A4213 in Carmarthenshire, 2 March 1983
10 m awayRef 19836383B0061
Slight
Car crash on the A4213 in Carmarthenshire, 26 January 1989
10 m awayRef 198963B502889
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Carmarthenshire, 1 February 1982
10 m awayRef 19826382B0030
Serious
Car crash on the A4213 in Carmarthenshire, 28 January 1980
10 m awayRef 19806380B0022
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 199663B522596 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.