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Fatal A477 crash in Pembrokeshire on 12 February 1997 at 22:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A477 in Pembrokeshire at 22:15 on Wednesday 12 February 1997. The 70-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 66-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were killed and the 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Feb 1997
Wednesday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68917, longitude -4.87914, in the SA72 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Pembrokeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763C503397
Council area
Pembrokeshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
477
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199763C503397 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Pembrokeshire road accident statistics for 1997.