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Serious B4548 crash in Ceredigion on 23 November 1997 at 07:52 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the B4548 in Ceredigion at 07:52 on Sunday 23 November 1997. The 20-year-old female driver, a 13-year-old male passenger and a 14-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 1997
Sunday, 07:52
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09161, longitude -4.6581, in the SA43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardigan.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763B545197
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4548
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    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 199763B545197 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.