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Serious A477 crash in Pembrokeshire on 11 August 1996 at 13:57 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A477 in Pembrokeshire at 13:57 on Sunday 11 August 1996. There were seven casualties: three people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Aug 1996
Sunday, 13:57
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Belmont and Peugeot 405
Casualties
7
3 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71928, longitude -4.75218, in the SA68 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Pembrokeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199663C521896
Council area
Pembrokeshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
477
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199663C521896 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Pembrokeshire road accident statistics for 1996.