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Unclassified road crash in Swansea SA7 on 22 December 2004 at 21:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swansea at 21:30 on Wednesday 22 December 2004. The 53-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 2004
Wednesday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Combo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67036, longitude -3.87903, in the SA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004620123474
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Gas bi-fuel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Combo)

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 2004620123474 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 2004.