Serious A4120 crash in Ceredigion on 17 November 2002 at 21:39 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the A4120 in Ceredigion at 21:39 on Sunday 17 November 2002. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Nov 2002
- Sunday, 21:39
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38104, longitude -3.95447, in the SY23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200263BC23602
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4120
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 230 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 22 May 1989
230 m awayRef 198963B515289
Serious
Land Rover Defender crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 23 September 2025
732 m awayRef 2025631645566
Serious
Car crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 4 February 1983
778 m awayRef 19836383B0035
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 22 May 1992
930 m awayRef 199263B517492
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 19 February 2006
949 m awayRef 200663BC04306
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 14 March 2003
1.0 km awayRef 200363BC05103
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200263BC23602 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2002.