B4556 crash in Carmarthenshire on 21 August 2012 at 15:38 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander, a lorry and an agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the B4556 in Carmarthenshire at 15:38 on Tuesday 21 August 2012. The 62-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Freelander was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2012
- Tuesday, 15:38
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Freelander and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8061, longitude -4.04903, in the SA14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201263AC25412
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4556
- 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
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 184 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2003.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4556 in Carmarthenshire, 11 February 2003
184 m awayRef 200363AC06503
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B4556 in Carmarthenshire, 6 August 1991
240 m awayRef 199163A522891
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the B4556 in Carmarthenshire, 14 September 2004
319 m awayRef 200463AC43204
Slight
Kawasaki ZX750 crash on the B4556 in Carmarthenshire, 6 April 1996
372 m awayRef 199663A510296
Slight
Nissan Cabstar crash on the B4556 in Carmarthenshire, 2 March 1999
402 m awayRef 199963ER04399
Slight
Car crash on the B4297 in Carmarthenshire, 26 May 1979
402 m awayRef 19796379A0194
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)
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 201263AC25412 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Carmarthenshire road accident statistics for 2012.