B4337 crash in Ceredigion on 17 December 2006 at 21:14 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion at 21:14 on Sunday 17 December 2006. The 19-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series, a 22-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and a 1-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2006
- Sunday, 21:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2437, longitude -4.13783, 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
- 200663BC23806
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2006.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 31 July 2006
14 m awayRef 200663BC12706
Slight
Car crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 21 October 1988
67 m awayRef 198863B541788
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 15 May 1999
82 m awayRef 199963MM10299
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 20 October 2005
104 m awayRef 200563BC25005
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 21 December 2002
104 m awayRef 200263BC26902
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 13 June 2004
104 m awayRef 200463BC12204
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,926 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200663BC23806 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 2006.