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Serious A484 crash in Carmarthenshire on 31 October 2000 at 09:10 involving a Mercedes 400

A Mercedes 400 and a Volvo S40 were involved in a crash on the A484 in Carmarthenshire at 09:10 on Tuesday 31 October 2000. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Oct 2000
Tuesday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 400 and Volvo S40
Casualties
6
1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68855, longitude -4.23672, in the SA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burry Port.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200063EL15500
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
484
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 400

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,874 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo S40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,948 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 400)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 400)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 400)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 400)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200063EL15500 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Carmarthenshire road accident statistics for 2000.