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A4138 crash in Carmarthenshire on 13 January 1997 at 09:20 involving a Volvo 360

A Volvo 360 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A4138 in Carmarthenshire at 09:20 on Monday 13 January 1997. The 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jan 1997
Monday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo 360 and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68962, longitude -4.12834, in the SA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Llanelli.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763A500797
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4138
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 360

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199763A500797 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 1997.