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A478 crash in Pembrokeshire on 14 August 1997 at 08:45 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A478 in Pembrokeshire at 08:45 on Thursday 14 August 1997. The 29-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Aug 1997
Thursday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78785, longitude -4.73895, in the SA67 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Pembrokeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763C522997
Council area
Pembrokeshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
478
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 199763C522997 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.