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B4337 crash in Ceredigion on 2 November 1997 at 14:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Volvo 340 were involved in a crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion at 14:20 on Sunday 2 November 1997. The 60-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 40-year-old female driver of the Volvo 340 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 1997
Sunday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Volvo 340
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17805, longitude -4.1298, in the SA48 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763B543097
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4337
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

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 199763B543097 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.