Unclassified road crash in Swansea SA5 on 16 October 2010 at 17:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Swansea at 17:30 on Saturday 16 October 2010. A 15-year-old female pedestrian 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
- 16 Oct 2010
- Saturday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65114, longitude -3.95486, in the SA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penderry, Swansea, SA5 7EY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010620204483
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2007.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 20 February 2007
14 m awayRef 2007620164134
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 24 September 2008
28 m awayRef 2008620183256
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 6 October 2004
36 m awayRef 2004620119380
Slight
Proton Proton crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 12 October 2001
36 m awayRef 2001620047949
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 10 January 2005
36 m awayRef 2005620124406
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 25 May 2005
36 m awayRef 2005620132561
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 2010620204483 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 2010.