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Fatal A485 crash in Carmarthenshire on 7 June 1997 at 00:42 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova crashed on the A485 in Carmarthenshire at 00:42 on Saturday 7 June 1997. A 19-year-old male passenger and an 18-year-old male passenger were killed and the 21-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
7 Jun 1997
Saturday, 00:42
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04402, longitude -4.19152, in the SA40 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763B522997
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    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 199763B522997 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.