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A478 crash in Pembrokeshire on 14 August 1998 at 14:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the A478 in Pembrokeshire at 14:30 on Friday 14 August 1998. An 8-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Aug 1998
Friday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 406
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72009, longitude -4.72892, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199863PP10698
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
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 March 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 199863PP10698 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.