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Serious A478 crash in Pembrokeshire on 9 February 1998 at 17:54 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A478 in Pembrokeshire at 17:54 on Monday 9 February 1998. The 24-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was seriously injured and the 46-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Feb 1998
Monday, 17:54
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72206, longitude -4.7257, in the SA69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wooden.

Map of where the crash happened in Pembrokeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199863PP01798
Council area
Pembrokeshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
478
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 199863PP01798 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Pembrokeshire road accident statistics for 1998.