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A470 crash in Powys on 23 July 1997 at 11:50 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 11:50 on Wednesday 23 July 1997. A 61-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jul 1997
Wednesday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03687, longitude -3.27104, in the LD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763D522597
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4350

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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 November 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, 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 199763D522597 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.