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A495 crash in Powys on 1 August 1998 at 15:30 involving a Citroen ZX

A Citroen ZX crashed on the A495 in Powys at 15:30 on Saturday 1 August 1998. An 11-year-old male passenger and a 3-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 1998
Saturday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Citroen ZX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68961, longitude -3.28622, in the SY22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199863NN10798
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
495
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 July 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)

    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 199863NN10798 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.