Serious A470 crash in Powys on 27 April 2002 at 16:30 involving a Peugeot 406
Two cars and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 16:30 on Saturday 27 April 2002. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 406 was seriously injured and the 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 44-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Apr 2002
- Saturday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 406 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93083, longitude -3.44975, in the LD3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200263DP14302
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 470
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2012.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A470 in Powys, 14 September 2012
14 m awayRef 201263DP32512
Serious
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A470 in Powys, 8 April 2017
36 m awayRef 20176331917DP
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A470 in Powys, 27 October 2024
47 m awayRef 2024631511687
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A470 in Powys, 10 October 2002
50 m awayRef 200263DP40602
Slight
Nissan Stanza crash on the A470 in Powys, 27 March 1995
180 m awayRef 199563D508095
Serious
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A470 in Powys, 30 August 2010
194 m awayRef 201063DP29110
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)
- 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 200263DP14302 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 2002.