B4570 crash in Ceredigion on 2 October 1997 at 06:40 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4570 in Ceredigion at 06:40 on Thursday 2 October 1997. The 12-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 1997
- Thursday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05495, longitude -4.50494, in the SA38 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199763B540097
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4570
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 2010.
Serious
MG ZR crash on the B4570 in Ceredigion, 29 September 2010
41 m awayRef 201063BC16910
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B4570 in Ceredigion, 16 September 2013
81 m awayRef 201363BC12613
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4570 in Ceredigion, 20 April 2003
92 m awayRef 200363BC07003
Slight
MG Metro crash on the B4570 in Ceredigion, 27 December 1990
94 m awayRef 199063B560090
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4570 in Ceredigion, 8 April 2011
250 m awayRef 201163BC04911
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4570 in Ceredigion, 4 November 2025
321 m awayRef 2025631663718
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 12, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 199763B540097 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 1997.