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Unclassified road crash in Swansea SA4 on 22 December 1998 at 03:45 involving a Leyland DAF FT 85 lorry

A Leyland DAF FT 85 lorry crashed on an unclassified road in Swansea at 03:45 on Tuesday 22 December 1998. The 49-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 03:45
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF FT 85
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66511, longitude -4.02423, in the SA4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199862J044698
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 99 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FT 85

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FT 85)

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 199862J044698 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.