A4120 crash in Ceredigion on 14 March 2003 at 17:48 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the A4120 in Ceredigion at 17:48 on Friday 14 March 2003. An 18-year-old male passenger and the 17-year-old male driver were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 2003
- Friday, 17:48
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38259, longitude -3.96923, in the SY23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200363BC05103
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 71 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 February 2006.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 19 February 2006
71 m awayRef 200663BC04306
Slight
Suzuki SV 1000 crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 11 August 2014
100 m awayRef 201463BC12414
Serious
Car crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 21 November 1980
170 m awayRef 19806380B0437
Serious
Car crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 4 February 1983
247 m awayRef 19836383B0035
Serious
Land Rover Defender crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 23 September 2025
288 m awayRef 2025631645566
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 5 June 1991
765 m awayRef 199163B524391
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,093 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 200363BC05103 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 2003.