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Serious C road crash in Powys LD1 on 26 November 2002 at 08:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Daihatsu Fourtrak were involved in a crash on a C road in Powys at 08:15 on Tuesday 26 November 2002. The 50-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and the 35-year-old male driver of the Daihatsu Fourtrak were seriously injured and a 6-year-old male passenger in the Daihatsu Fourtrak was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Nov 2002
Tuesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Daihatsu Fourtrak
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17844, longitude -3.30422, in the LD1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200263DP46402
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 89 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Fourtrak

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,765 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

    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 200263DP46402 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.