A4217 crash in Swansea on 10 November 2006 at 15:25 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Suzuki Alto were involved in a crash on the A4217 in Swansea at 15:25 on Friday 10 November 2006. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 23-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Alto and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Alto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Nov 2006
- Friday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Suzuki Alto
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6282, longitude -3.93364, in the SA1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Thomas, Swansea, SA1 8EU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006620159947
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4217
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A4217 in Swansea, 5 March 1983
At the same spotRef 1983620H02540
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4217 in Swansea, 3 August 2012
At the same spotRef 2012621200720
Slight
Mazda Demio crash on the A4217 in Swansea, 26 January 2007
At the same spotRef 2007620163565
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A4217 in Swansea, 15 October 2005
At the same spotRef 2005620141379
Slight
Audi Q5 crash on the A4217 in Swansea, 17 October 2018
6 m awayRef 2018621801335
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A4217 in Swansea, 30 July 2009
10 m awayRef 2009620192454
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Alto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Alto)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Alto)
- 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 2006620159947 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.