Unclassified road crash in Swansea SA3 on 16 March 2011 at 09:05 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Swansea at 09:05 on Wednesday 16 March 2011. A 39-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Mar 2011
- Wednesday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58551, longitude -4.0541, in the SA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishopston.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011620207729
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 86 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2011.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4436 in Swansea, 18 January 2011
86 m awayRef 2011620206701
Slight
Car crash on the B4436 in Swansea, 26 August 1985
91 m awayRef 1985620J10070
Slight
Van crash on the B4436 in Swansea, 4 April 1987
91 m awayRef 1987620H08920
Serious
Car crash on the B4436 in Swansea, 14 March 1992
91 m awayRef 1992620J00660
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 3 October 1981
91 m awayRef 1981620J03550
Slight
Car crash on the B4436 in Swansea, 20 June 1987
110 m awayRef 1987620H16430
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2011620207729 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 2011.