A458 crash in Powys on 3 April 2009 at 10:10 involving a Renault Megane
Four vehicles, including a Renault Megane and a Mazda MX-5, were involved in a crash on the A458 in Powys at 10:10 on Friday 3 April 2009. A 19-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Mazda MX-5 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
- 3 Apr 2009
- Friday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 4
- Renault Megane and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6494, longitude -3.32706, in the SY21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200963DP06009
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 458
- Road type
- Single 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 July 2021.
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the A458 in Powys, 15 July 2021
3 m awayRef 202163D052621
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A458 in Powys, 31 March 2021
12 m awayRef 202163D014021
Slight
Van crash on the B4389 in Powys, 13 October 1989
36 m awayRef 198963D533189
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A458 in Powys, 20 September 1991
36 m awayRef 199163D532691
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A458 in Powys, 14 August 2014
54 m awayRef 201463DP26414
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A458 in Powys, 27 November 1991
73 m awayRef 199163D540891
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda MX-5)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200963DP06009 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 2009.