A484 crash in Carmarthenshire on 14 September 2002 at 02:25 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift crashed on the A484 in Carmarthenshire at 02:25 on Saturday 14 September 2002. The 38-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Sep 2002
- Saturday, 02:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73307, longitude -4.30656, in the SA17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidwelly.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200263AC44902
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a fatal crash on 10 March 1997.
Fatal
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Carmarthenshire, 10 March 1997
32 m awayRef 199763A506997
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A484 in Carmarthenshire, 23 May 1989
45 m awayRef 198963A516989
Serious
Car crash on the A484 in Carmarthenshire, 22 September 1983
45 m awayRef 19836383A1135
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4308 in Carmarthenshire, 21 July 1995
51 m awayRef 199563A523295
Serious
Car crash on the A484 in Carmarthenshire, 13 April 1979
63 m awayRef 19796379A0145
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Carmarthenshire, 4 July 1985
89 m awayRef 19856385A0207
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
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 200263AC44902 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.