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Unclassified road crash in Powys LD1 on 24 July 2008 at 13:24 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Powys at 13:24 on Thursday 24 July 2008. A 5-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jul 2008
Thursday, 13:24
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Citroen Xantia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23351, longitude -3.37202, in the LD1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200863DP22608
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 113 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200863DP22608 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 2008.