B4599 crash in Powys on 2 August 2008 at 14:37 involving a MAN lorry
A car and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the B4599 in Powys at 14:37 on Saturday 2 August 2008. The 19-year-old female driver of the car, a 19-year-old female passenger in the car and the 46-year-old male driver of the MAN lorry were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2008
- Saturday, 14:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and MAN
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77366, longitude -3.76475, in the SA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ystalyfera. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ynyscedwyn, Powys, SA9 1JW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200863DP24808
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4599
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4599 in Powys, 2 June 2003
41 m awayRef 200363DP17203
Slight
Austin Montego crash on an unclassified road in Powys, 21 March 1994
41 m awayRef 199463A508194
Serious
Vehicle crash on the B4599 in Powys, 28 September 1988
41 m awayRef 198863A534488
Slight
Car crash on the B4599 in Powys, 7 October 1995
61 m awayRef 199563A533695
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Powys, 10 March 1987
61 m awayRef 198763A007387
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Powys, 16 January 1995
61 m awayRef 199563A502695
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: MAN
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (MAN)
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 200863DP24808 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.