A48 crash in Swansea on 14 April 2007 at 12:50 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A car and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A48 in Swansea at 12:50 on Saturday 14 April 2007. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Apr 2007
- Saturday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66177, longitude -3.8875, in the SA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llansamlet, Swansea, SA7 9BL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007620165708
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 48
- 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
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2016.
Slight
Pulse BT 49 crash on the A48 in Swansea, 28 July 2016
4 m awayRef 2016621601239
Fatal
Car crash on the A48 in Swansea, 8 September 1980
10 m awayRef 1980620H02610
Slight
Volkswagen crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 29 July 2001
20 m awayRef 2001620042236
Slight
Mercedes Gle Class crash on the A4230 in Swansea, 29 October 2024
29 m awayRef 2024622400764
Slight
Minibus crash on the A48 in Swansea, 13 February 1987
54 m awayRef 1987620H04240
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 16 November 1995
54 m awayRef 199562M029595
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- 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 2007620165708 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 2007.