A40 crash in Pembrokeshire on 1 October 2003 at 15:45 involving a Seat Ibiza
Four vehicles, including a Seat Ibiza and a Volkswagen Polo, were involved in a crash on the A40 in Pembrokeshire at 15:45 on Wednesday 1 October 2003. The 57-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 50-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Boxer van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2003
- Wednesday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Seat Ibiza and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.95163, longitude -4.99178, in the SA65 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200363CP32003
- Council area
- Pembrokeshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 December 2000.
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A40 in Pembrokeshire, 9 December 2000
At the same spotRef 200063PH17200
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A40 in Pembrokeshire, 20 March 1996
At the same spotRef 199663C507896
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A40 in Pembrokeshire, 9 May 2024
4 m awayRef 2024631440900
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A40 in Pembrokeshire, 2 April 2004
10 m awayRef 200463CP19804
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A40 in Pembrokeshire, 13 July 2003
10 m awayRef 200363CP18903
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A40 in Pembrokeshire, 23 January 2008
10 m awayRef 200863CP01708
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot Boxer
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,445 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 4: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot Boxer)
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 200363CP32003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Pembrokeshire road accident statistics for 2003.