Unclassified road crash in Swansea SA2 on 17 January 2003 at 08:45 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swansea at 08:45 on Friday 17 January 2003. A 20-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2003
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63044, longitude -3.97709, in the SA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cockett, Swansea, SA1 6SB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003620076110
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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 26 March 2001.
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 26 March 2001
14 m awayRef 2001620033355
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 6 October 2005
36 m awayRef 2005620140434
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 4 June 2014
43 m awayRef 2014621401005
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 15 June 2012
45 m awayRef 2012621200667
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 14 June 2006
50 m awayRef 2006620155657
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 9 October 2006
50 m awayRef 2006620158920
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2003620076110 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 2003.