A474 crash in Carmarthenshire on 23 October 2006 at 16:53 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and three cars were involved in a crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire at 16:53 on Monday 23 October 2006. The 36-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Oct 2006
- Monday, 16:53
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Transit and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80109, longitude -3.90274, in the SA18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glanaman.
Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200663AC45406
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 474
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1993.
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 3 November 1993
At the same spotRef 199363A530993
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 6 October 1995
At the same spotRef 199563A533495
Serious
Car crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 12 June 1979
At the same spotRef 19796379A0214
Slight
Car crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 25 August 1984
At the same spotRef 19846384A0310
Serious
Car crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 10 November 1987
At the same spotRef 198763A542387
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 22 July 1997
10 m awayRef 199763A521797
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 3: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200663AC45406 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Carmarthenshire road accident statistics for 2006.