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Serious A470 crash in Powys on 7 June 2002 at 14:10 involving a Seddon/Atkinson lorry

A car, a Seddon/Atkinson lorry and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 14:10 on Friday 7 June 2002. The 39-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Discovery was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Jun 2002
Friday, 14:10
Vehicles
3
Seddon/Atkinson and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53439, longitude -3.46557, in the SY17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200263DP19602
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seddon/Atkinson

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Land Rover Discovery)

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 200263DP19602 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.