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A40 crash in Powys on 10 February 1998 at 08:20 involving a Triumph Acclaim

A Triumph Acclaim and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A40 in Powys at 08:20 on Tuesday 10 February 1998. The 31-year-old female driver of the Triumph Acclaim, a 9-year-old male passenger in the Triumph Acclaim and the 49-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 1998
Tuesday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Triumph Acclaim and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92051, longitude -3.31312, in the LD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199863BB02598
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
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, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Acclaim

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,335 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Acclaim)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Acclaim)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199863BB02598 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.