A489 crash in Powys on 6 December 2010 at 16:15 involving a Volvo lorry
A Volvo lorry and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A489 in Powys at 16:15 on Monday 6 December 2010. The 46-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and a 46-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2010
- Monday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61644, longitude -3.77142, in the SY20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201063DP38910
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 489
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 92 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 January 2005.
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A489 in Powys, 2 January 2005
92 m awayRef 200563DP04505
Fatal
Car crash on the A489 in Powys, 31 October 1995
153 m awayRef 199563B536495
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A489 in Powys, 31 May 1980
177 m awayRef 19806380B0162
Slight
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on the A489 in Powys, 31 May 2009
179 m awayRef 200963DP15309
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A489 in Powys, 31 May 2025
340 m awayRef 2025631596755
Fatal
Car crash on the A489 in Powys, 4 August 1981
362 m awayRef 19816381B0258
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Jackknifed
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,130 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 201063DP38910 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 2010.