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A40 crash in Powys on 21 December 2004 at 15:50 involving an LDV 400 Series minibus

An LDV 400 Series minibus and a Daihatsu Fourtrak were involved in a crash on the A40 in Powys at 15:50 on Tuesday 21 December 2004. All nine casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2004
Tuesday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
LDV 400 Series and Daihatsu Fourtrak
Casualties
9
9 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.95403, longitude -3.548, in the LD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200463DP52904
Council area
Powys
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
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, 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
51%
Estimated chance it was slight
49%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: LDV 400 Series

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Fourtrak

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,765 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (9)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)

  • Casualty 9: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

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 200463DP52904 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 2004.