A4067 crash in Swansea on 7 May 2008 at 14:52 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla, a Ford Transit van and a car were involved in a crash on the A4067 in Swansea at 14:52 on Wednesday 7 May 2008. The 60-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2008
- Wednesday, 14:52
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Corolla and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64127, longitude -3.93738, in the SA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Landore, Swansea, SA1 2NX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008620179596
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4067
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4603
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 10 September 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 10 September 2006
At the same spotRef 2006620158369
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4607 in Swansea, 17 August 2008
10 m awayRef 2008620182233
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 5 March 2021
10 m awayRef 2021622100156
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 3 June 2008
14 m awayRef 2008620179947
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 30 July 2005
14 m awayRef 2005620137014
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 23 August 2002
14 m awayRef 2002620068888
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 2008620179596 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 2008.