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Serious unclassified road crash in Swansea SA2 on 10 October 1998 at 16:45 involving a Talbot Samba

A Talbot Samba hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Swansea at 16:45 on Saturday 10 October 1998. An 84-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Oct 1998
Saturday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Talbot Samba
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62269, longitude -3.99128, in the SA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199862H034498
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Samba

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 84, hit by vehicle 1 (Talbot Samba)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199862H034498 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.