B4343 crash in Ceredigion on 14 February 2011 at 14:50 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion at 14:50 on Monday 14 February 2011. The 35-year-old male driver of the Dennis bus and the 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Feb 2011
- Monday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dennis and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18575, longitude -3.95906, in the SY25 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201163BC03111
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4343
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
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, 102 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 February 1994.
Serious
Car crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 9 February 1994
102 m awayRef 199463B504794
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 29 April 1989
282 m awayRef 198963B512689
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 24 December 1980
345 m awayRef 19806380B0469
Serious
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion, 14 August 2012
371 m awayRef 201263BC12912
Slight
Massey Ferguson crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion, 16 June 2021
528 m awayRef 202163B038521
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 19 April 2009
532 m awayRef 200963BC07209
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
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 201163BC03111 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 2011.