B4297 crash in Carmarthenshire on 5 February 2010 at 19:30 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire at 19:30 on Friday 5 February 2010. A 7-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2010
- Friday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68875, longitude -4.09465, in the SA14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201063AC03610
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4297
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 71 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 June 2024.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire, 12 June 2024
71 m awayRef 2024631454683
Serious
Honda crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire, 13 October 1992
95 m awayRef 199263A531792
Serious
Car crash on the A4138 in Carmarthenshire, 24 May 1979
114 m awayRef 19796379A0184
Serious
Car crash on the A4138 in Carmarthenshire, 31 August 1979
114 m awayRef 19796379A0361
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Carmarthenshire, 7 August 1993
114 m awayRef 199363A523593
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire, 7 June 1987
130 m awayRef 198763A519987
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201063AC03610 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Carmarthenshire road accident statistics for 2010.