A4067 crash in Swansea on 18 January 2001 at 09:00 involving an ERF lorry
An ERF lorry and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A4067 in Swansea at 09:00 on Thursday 18 January 2001. The 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 2001
- Thursday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- ERF and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60945, longitude -3.97401, in the SA2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sketty, Swansea, SA2 8PG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001620029032
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4067
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 20 January 1988
10 m awayRef 1988620H02220
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 27 December 2000
20 m awayRef 2000620027156
Serious
Car crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 17 August 1981
22 m awayRef 1981620J02850
Fatal
Ford Orion crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 17 September 1997
22 m awayRef 199762H031397
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 12 April 1993
22 m awayRef 199362J010093
Slight
Car crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 18 January 1982
22 m awayRef 1982620J00130
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: ERF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- 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 2001620029032 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 2001.