Unclassified road crash in Swansea SA5 on 14 October 1998 at 08:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Five vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and an Austin Maestro, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swansea at 08:35 on Wednesday 14 October 1998. The 29-year-old female driver of the Fiat Brava and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Oct 1998
- Wednesday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Astra and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63697, longitude -3.94422, in the SA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199862H034098
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2002.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 1 December 2002
14 m awayRef 2002620073619
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 23 March 2006
20 m awayRef 2006620150856
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 18 November 1999
20 m awayRef 199962H032899
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 22 March 2018
20 m awayRef 2018621800341
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 18 August 2017
22 m awayRef 2017621701231
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 27 June 2003
22 m awayRef 2003620087956
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Fiat Brava
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,370 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 5: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Fiat Brava)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 199862H034098 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 1998.