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A40 crash in Carmarthenshire on 23 July 2002 at 05:00 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A40 in Carmarthenshire at 05:00 on Tuesday 23 July 2002. The 23-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jul 2002
Tuesday, 05:00
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81595, longitude -4.50566, in the SA33 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Clears. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Clears and Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, SA33 4DX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200263AC32602
Council area
Carmarthenshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
477

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 200263AC32602 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 2002.