A487 crash in Ceredigion on 12 April 2008 at 19:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A487 in Ceredigion at 19:35 on Saturday 12 April 2008. The 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 67-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Apr 2008
- Saturday, 19:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17934, longitude -4.31773, in the SA47 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200863BC05408
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 487
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2000.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 2 February 2000
10 m awayRef 200063AA02200
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 27 December 1999
20 m awayRef 199963AA22799
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 26 May 2013
20 m awayRef 201363BC06313
Serious
Leyland DAF FA 55 crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 30 July 1998
32 m awayRef 199863AA12598
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 4 November 2014
32 m awayRef 201463BC16714
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 5 August 2021
40 m awayRef 202163B059021
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 200863BC05408 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 2008.