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Fatal A44 crash in Powys on 10 April 1997 at 15:50 involving a lorry

A lorry and a van were involved in a crash on the A44 in Powys at 15:50 on Thursday 10 April 1997. The 70-year-old male driver of the van was killed, a 69-year-old female passenger in the van was seriously injured and the 60-year-old male driver of the lorry 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
Fatal
Date
10 Apr 1997
Thursday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Lorry and van
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23696, longitude -3.14451, in the LD8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763D509797
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
44
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 70, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 69, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 199763D509797 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 1997.