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Serious A40 crash in Powys on 23 November 2006 at 09:25 involving a MAN lorry

A MAN lorry crashed on the A40 in Powys at 09:25 on Thursday 23 November 2006. The 63-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 2006
Thursday, 09:25
Vehicles
1
MAN
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94944, longitude -3.44962, in the LD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200663DP50406
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 37 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 July 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MAN

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    10,518 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 63, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (MAN)

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 200663DP50406 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 2006.