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Serious A4120 crash in Ceredigion on 8 February 2012 at 08:58 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo hit a pedestrian on the A4120 in Ceredigion at 08:58 on Wednesday 8 February 2012. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Feb 2012
Wednesday, 08:58
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40441, longitude -4.06591, in the SY23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberystwyth Penparcau, Ceredigion, SY23 1SJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201263BC00312
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4120
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Central refuge, no other controls

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,422 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 201263BC00312 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2012.