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Serious A485 crash in Carmarthenshire on 23 February 1997 at 08:35 involving a Daihatsu Fourtrak

A Daihatsu Fourtrak crashed on the A485 in Carmarthenshire at 08:35 on Sunday 23 February 1997. The 32-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Feb 1997
Sunday, 08:35
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Fourtrak
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97826, longitude -4.255, in the SA32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763B507897
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
485
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Fourtrak

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,765 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

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 199763B507897 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.