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Serious A486 crash in Ceredigion on 23 August 2005 at 14:17 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van

A Mercedes Sprinter van hit a pedestrian on the A486 in Ceredigion at 14:17 on Tuesday 23 August 2005. A 46-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Aug 2005
Tuesday, 14:17
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04211, longitude -4.30873, in the SA44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200563BC19305
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
486
Road type
One way street
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 August 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,148 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

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

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 200563BC19305 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 2005.