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A40 crash in Pembrokeshire on 15 January 1999 at 11:50 involving a Ford Escort

A car and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A40 in Pembrokeshire at 11:50 on Friday 15 January 1999. The 58-year-old male driver of the car, a 24-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and a 2-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jan 1999
Friday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97174, longitude -4.99705, in the SA65 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Pembrokeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199963PH00899
Council area
Pembrokeshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4219

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 September 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 199963PH00899 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 1999.