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Serious B4357 crash in Powys on 13 January 1998 at 13:40 involving a Vauxhall Combo

A Vauxhall Combo and a car were involved in a crash on the B4357 in Powys at 13:40 on Tuesday 13 January 1998. The 50-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo and the 42-year-old female driver of the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jan 1998
Tuesday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Combo and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2447, longitude -3.08627, in the LD8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199863BB00898
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4357
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
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 157 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 October 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 199863BB00898 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 1998.