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A48 crash in Swansea on 30 November 2005 at 16:45 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the A48 in Swansea at 16:45 on Wednesday 30 November 2005. A 71-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 2005
Wednesday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71515, longitude -4.04042, in the SA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontarddulais. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontarddulais, Swansea, SA4 8LP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005620144201
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
48
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 unlit
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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 60 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2005620144201 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.