A488 crash in Powys on 14 December 1996 at 08:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A488 in Powys at 08:45 on Saturday 14 December 1996. The 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 14 Dec 1996; Saturday, 08:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199663D543096
Council area: Powys
Police force: Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 488
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, 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 199663D543096 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 1996.