A477 crash in Carmarthenshire on 22 August 2011 at 14:40 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two Ford Fiestas were involved in a crash on the A477 in Carmarthenshire at 14:40 on Monday 22 August 2011. The 33-year-old female driver of vehicle 2, a 22-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 5-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2011
- Monday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77649, longitude -4.60423, in the SA34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201163AC33711
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 477
- 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
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A477 in Carmarthenshire, 16 July 2001
67 m awayRef 200163AC16401
Slight
Car crash on the A477 in Carmarthenshire, 15 November 1987
72 m awayRef 198763C535087
Slight
Car crash on the A477 in Carmarthenshire, 30 September 1988
72 m awayRef 198863C531988
Slight
Minibus crash on the A477 in Carmarthenshire, 20 September 1979
72 m awayRef 19796379C0413
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A477 in Carmarthenshire, 9 August 1992
72 m awayRef 199263B530692
Slight
Lorry crash on the A477 in Carmarthenshire, 4 December 1985
72 m awayRef 19856385C0408
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, 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 201163AC33711 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 2011.