A483 crash in Swansea on 3 August 2005 at 14:30 involving a Citroen Xantia
Two cars, a Citroen Xantia and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A483 in Swansea at 14:30 on Wednesday 3 August 2005. The 41-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xantia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2005
- Wednesday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Citroen Xantia and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72311, longitude -4.05816, in the SA4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005620137116
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 483
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2019.
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A48 in Carmarthenshire, 23 November 2019
28 m awayRef 201963A110819
Slight
Vauxhall Signum crash on the A48 in Carmarthenshire, 12 December 2011
42 m awayRef 201163AC45211
Serious
Car crash on the A48 in Carmarthenshire, 5 November 2001
42 m awayRef 200163AC36501
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Carmarthenshire, 11 April 1988
63 m awayRef 198863A512288
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A48 in Carmarthenshire, 22 January 2008
71 m awayRef 200863AC04108
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A48 in Carmarthenshire, 27 December 2017
78 m awayRef 201763A126917
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 4: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)
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 2005620137116 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 2005.