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A487 crash in Ceredigion on 13 February 2004 at 18:50 involving a Suzuki Wagon R+

A Suzuki Wagon R+, a car and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A487 in Ceredigion at 18:50 on Friday 13 February 2004. The 56-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Wagon R+ and a 10-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Feb 2004
Friday, 18:50
Vehicles
3
Suzuki Wagon R+ and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41817, longitude -4.06582, in the SY23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberystwyth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais, Ceredigion, SY23 3DZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200463BC02504
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
487
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2010.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Wagon R+

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Wagon R+)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200463BC02504 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 2004.