Fatal A4068 crash in Powys on 17 May 2011 at 20:10 involving a Fiat Stilo
A Fiat Stilo and a Hyundai Santa Fe were involved in a crash on the A4068 in Powys at 20:10 on Tuesday 17 May 2011. The 51-year-old male driver of the Fiat Stilo was killed and the 57-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Santa Fe was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 17 May 2011
- Tuesday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Stilo and Hyundai Santa Fe
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78226, longitude -3.79655, in the SA9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201163DP13311
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 March 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A4068 in Powys, 2 March 1984
36 m awayRef 19846384A0075
Serious
Talbot Samba crash on the A4068 in Powys, 2 February 1991
36 m awayRef 199163A504491
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4068 in Powys, 21 December 2003
72 m awayRef 200363DP53903
Serious
Car crash on the A4068 in Powys, 29 November 1980
85 m awayRef 19806380A0449
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A4068 in Powys, 13 March 2011
86 m awayRef 201163DP05811
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4068 in Powys, 26 March 2007
92 m awayRef 200763DP09907
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Stilo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Santa Fe
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Stilo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Santa Fe)
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 201163DP13311 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 2011.