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Serious A44 crash in Powys on 12 January 2005 at 15:08 involving a Skoda Fabia

A car and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the A44 in Powys at 15:08 on Wednesday 12 January 2005. The 57-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and the 88-year-old male driver of the Skoda Fabia and an 81-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Fabia were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jan 2005
Wednesday, 15:08
Vehicles
2
Car and Skoda Fabia
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21711, longitude -3.08139, in the HR5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200563DP04205
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
44
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
60 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
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 June 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    88 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)

    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 200563DP04205 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 2005.