B4343 crash in Ceredigion on 20 April 2004 at 16:07 involving a Leyland DAF FTG 85 lorry
A Leyland DAF FTG 85 lorry crashed on the B4343 in Ceredigion at 16:07 on Tuesday 20 April 2004. The 55-year-old male driver was 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
- 20 Apr 2004
- Tuesday, 16:07
- Vehicles
- 1
- Leyland DAF FTG 85
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41209, longitude -3.81719, 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
- 200463BC07004
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4343
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 228 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1999.
Slight
Alfa Romeo 33 crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 4 March 1999
228 m awayRef 199963AA03499
Slight
Car crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 5 November 1979
283 m awayRef 19796379B0449
Slight
Car crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 27 January 1987
316 m awayRef 198763B002887
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 21 December 2004
320 m awayRef 200463BC27404
Slight
Hyundai Kona crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 26 March 2023
336 m awayRef 202363B023223
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 22 August 1999
385 m awayRef 199963AA15099
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FTG 85
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FTG 85)
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 200463BC07004 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.