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A48 crash in Swansea on 1 April 2000 at 14:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A48 in Swansea at 14:10 on Saturday 1 April 2000. The 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Apr 2000
Saturday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67993, longitude -4.0073, in the SA4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000620012645
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 2000620012645 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 2000.