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Serious unclassified road crash in Swansea SA5 on 1 January 2009 at 01:30 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Swansea at 01:30 on Thursday 1 January 2009. A 36-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jan 2009
Thursday, 01:30
Vehicles
1
Rover 400 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64096, longitude -3.97711, in the SA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cockett, Swansea, SA5 5DH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009620185956
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2009620185956 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 2009.