Serious A44 crash in Ceredigion on 15 June 1998 at 18:50 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Peugeot 309 were involved in a crash on the A44 in Ceredigion at 18:50 on Monday 15 June 1998. All four casualties were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Jun 1998
- Monday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Peugeot 309
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41254, longitude -4.01271, in the SY23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199863AA12098
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 44
- Road type
- Single 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 April 2024.
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4159 in Ceredigion, 30 April 2024
15 m awayRef 2024631437253
Slight
Car crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 2 July 1986
100 m awayRef 19866386B0205
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the A4159 in Ceredigion, 30 January 1992
100 m awayRef 199263B502692
Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 5 October 2002
100 m awayRef 200263BC20802
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4159 in Ceredigion, 14 October 1983
141 m awayRef 19836383B0416
Fatal
Car crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 1 October 1982
141 m awayRef 19826382B0378
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199863AA12098 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 1998.