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Fatal A470 crash in Powys on 24 June 1997 at 11:18 involving a car

Three cars and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 11:18 on Tuesday 24 June 1997. The 41-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was killed, one other person was seriously injured and two were 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
24 Jun 1997
Tuesday, 11:18
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
4
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.99737, longitude -3.29017, in the LD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763D520597
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
470
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    69 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 199763D520597 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.