B4296 crash in Swansea on 29 May 2012 at 16:35 involving a Volkswagen Lupo
A Volkswagen Lupo and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the B4296 in Swansea at 16:35 on Tuesday 29 May 2012. The 18-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Lupo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 May 2012
- Tuesday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Lupo and Toyota Auris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64518, longitude -4.03554, in the SA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gowerton and Waunarlwydd. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gowerton, Swansea, SA4 3AF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012621200281
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4296
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by school crossing patrol
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2014.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B4296 in Swansea, 31 March 2014
17 m awayRef 2014621400624
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4296 in Swansea, 10 October 2019
37 m awayRef 2019621901387
Fatal
Car crash on the B4295 in Swansea, 26 September 1984
41 m awayRef 1984620J09250
Slight
Car crash on the B4296 in Swansea, 13 December 1989
61 m awayRef 1989620H40030
Slight
Car crash on the B4296 in Swansea, 28 January 1979
61 m awayRef 1979620J00250
Slight
Car crash on the B4296 in Swansea, 7 May 1980
61 m awayRef 1980620J01680
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)
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 2012621200281 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 2012.