B4489 crash in Swansea on 5 May 2006 at 10:00 involving an ERF lorry
An ERF lorry and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the B4489 in Swansea at 10:00 on Friday 5 May 2006. The 34-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 May 2006
- Friday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- ERF and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64571, longitude -3.94624, in the SA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Landore, Swansea, SA1 2NX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006620153531
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4489
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2019.
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 29 November 2019
18 m awayRef 2019621901555
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 27 November 2011
22 m awayRef 2011620213038
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 21 April 2011
22 m awayRef 2011620208809
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B449 in Swansea, 30 May 2006
22 m awayRef 2006620154099
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 16 June 2011
22 m awayRef 2011620209751
Slight
Car crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 5 October 1981
32 m awayRef 1981620H03390
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: ERF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
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 2006620153531 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 2006.