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Serious A485 crash in Ceredigion on 6 December 2008 at 10:35 involving a Volkswagen Bora

A Volkswagen Bora hit a pedestrian on the A485 in Ceredigion at 10:35 on Saturday 6 December 2008. An 89-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Dec 2008
Saturday, 10:35
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Bora
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11233, longitude -4.07735, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200863BC22608
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
485
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 89, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Bora)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200863BC22608 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.