Unclassified road crash in Powys SY10 on 21 July 2001 at 08:45 involving a Volvo 440
A Volvo 440 and a Ford Escort van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Powys at 08:45 on Saturday 21 July 2001. The 43-year-old female driver of the Volvo 440 and the 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2001
- Saturday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo 440 and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.8091, longitude -3.29156, in the SY10 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200163DP13401
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 631 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 August 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the B4396 in Powys, 8 August 1980
631 m awayRef 19806380D0259
Serious
Renault 20 crash on the B4580 in Powys, 11 November 1990
660 m awayRef 199063D544590
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B4580 in Powys, 31 August 2006
669 m awayRef 200663DP32406
Serious
Car crash on the B4580 in Powys, 10 March 1987
669 m awayRef 198763D007287
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the B4580 in Powys, 18 February 2013
674 m awayRef 201363DP03913
Slight
Car crash on the B4580 in Powys, 1 February 1997
674 m awayRef 199763D503997
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo 440
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,721 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 200163DP13401 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 2001.