A44 crash in Ceredigion on 22 August 1999 at 10:20 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A44 in Ceredigion at 10:20 on Sunday 22 August 1999. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was 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
- 22 Aug 1999
- Sunday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4152, longitude -3.81967, in the SY23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199963AA15099
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 44
- 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, 78 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2005.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 17 March 2005
78 m awayRef 200563BC05005
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 21 December 2004
89 m awayRef 200463BC27404
Serious
Car crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 15 October 1989
168 m awayRef 198963B538589
Slight
Alfa Romeo 33 crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 4 March 1999
243 m awayRef 199963AA03499
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 27 July 2019
262 m awayRef 201963B065719
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 28 August 1981
265 m awayRef 19816381B0304
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
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 199963AA15099 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 1999.