A4216 crash in Swansea on 1 November 2012 at 18:32 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4216 in Swansea at 18:32 on Thursday 1 November 2012. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2012
- Thursday, 18:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6229, longitude -3.98181, in the SA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sketty, Swansea, SA2 0BG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012621201249
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4216
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2017.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4216 in Swansea, 9 May 2017
9 m awayRef 2017621700757
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4216 in Swansea, 4 October 2010
10 m awayRef 2010620206975
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the A4216 in Swansea, 28 August 2006
10 m awayRef 2006620157806
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A4216 in Swansea, 22 October 2019
13 m awayRef 2019621901353
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A4216 in Swansea, 24 August 2016
17 m awayRef 2016621601387
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 22 December 2003
20 m awayRef 2003620099966
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2012621201249 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.