B4337 crash in Ceredigion on 20 October 2005 at 14:15 involving a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry
A Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion at 14:15 on Thursday 20 October 2005. The 63-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery and a 62-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Discovery were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Oct 2005
- Thursday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Leyland DAF FA 45 and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24461, longitude -4.13744, 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
- 200563BC25005
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4337
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2004.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 13 June 2004
At the same spotRef 200463BC12204
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 21 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200263BC26902
Slight
Volvo crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 15 May 2009
At the same spotRef 200963BC06909
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 21 July 1994
10 m awayRef 199463B528094
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 5 August 2008
10 m awayRef 200863BC13608
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 23 October 2017
22 m awayRef 201763B103117
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 45
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- 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
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200563BC25005 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.