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B4355 crash in Powys on 25 June 1998 at 09:00 involving a Leyland DAF FA 50 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 50 lorry and a Foden lorry were involved in a crash on the B4355 in Powys at 09:00 on Thursday 25 June 1998. The 50-year-old male driver of the Leyland DAF FA 50 lorry and the 41-year-old male driver of the Foden lorry 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
25 Jun 1998
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF FA 50 and Foden
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41868, longitude -3.2145, in the LD7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199863BB11198
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4355
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, 70 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 50

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Foden

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    10,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 50)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Foden)

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 199863BB11198 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.