A470 crash in Powys on 15 May 2007 at 21:10 involving a Rover 200 Series
Four vehicles, including a Rover 200 Series and a Nissan Micra, were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 21:10 on Tuesday 15 May 2007. All seven casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2007
- Tuesday, 21:10
- Vehicles
- 4
- Rover 200 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 7
- 7 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15143, longitude -3.37914, in the LD2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200763DP22907
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 470
- 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
- 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
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 2003.
Slight
Honda Stream crash on the A470 in Powys, 27 February 2003
10 m awayRef 200363DP07903
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A470 in Powys, 26 December 2007
14 m awayRef 200763DP48007
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A470 in Powys, 2 February 2007
14 m awayRef 200763DP07107
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A470 in Powys, 13 February 2006
14 m awayRef 200663DP06106
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A470 in Powys, 15 December 2009
14 m awayRef 200963DP40709
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A470 in Powys, 14 July 2010
22 m awayRef 201063DP20010
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen C5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C5)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C5)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C5)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C5)
- 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 200763DP22907 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 2007.