Unclassified road crash in Swansea SA5 on 8 June 2012 at 14:45 involving a Mitsubishi Colt
A Mitsubishi Colt and a Rover 25 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swansea at 14:45 on Friday 8 June 2012. The 20-year-old female driver of the Rover 25 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
- 8 Jun 2012
- Friday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Colt and Rover 25
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63629, longitude -3.96636, in the SA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cockett, Swansea, SA1 6SB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012621200478
- 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
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 483
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2012.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 5 May 2012
At the same spotRef 2012621200082
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A483 in Swansea, 1 October 2009
10 m awayRef 2009620194409
Slight
Suzuki GSX 600 crash on the A483 in Swansea, 27 September 2016
15 m awayRef 2016621601603
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A483 in Swansea, 21 February 2013
20 m awayRef 2013621300341
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A483 in Swansea, 5 October 2000
20 m awayRef 2000620022561
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the A483 in Swansea, 28 October 2011
20 m awayRef 2011620212358
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 25)
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 2012621200478 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.