A487 crash in Ceredigion on 4 September 2010 at 19:02 involving an Audi A3
Four vehicles, including an Audi A3 and a Volkswagen Golf, were involved in a crash on the A487 in Ceredigion at 19:02 on Saturday 4 September 2010. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 2010
- Saturday, 19:02
- Vehicles
- 4
- Audi A3 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22519, longitude -4.2718, in the SA46 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201063BC14710
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 487
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 1997.
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 6 June 1997
At the same spotRef 199763B522397
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 8 October 2007
At the same spotRef 200763BC20607
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 1 December 1997
At the same spotRef 199763B547097
Slight
MAN crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 12 September 2007
At the same spotRef 200763BC18207
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 8 November 2010
At the same spotRef 201063BC18010
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 13 April 2005
At the same spotRef 200563BC09705
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 201063BC14710 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2010.