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A482 crash in Ceredigion on 18 September 2008 at 20:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Volkswagen Scirocco were involved in a crash on the A482 in Ceredigion at 20:00 on Thursday 18 September 2008. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Sep 2008
Thursday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Volkswagen Scirocco
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11522, longitude -4.07676, in the SA48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lampeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lampeter, Ceredigion, SA48 7EE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200863BC17008
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
482
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200863BC17008 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.