B4343 crash in Ceredigion on 8 June 2012 at 18:22 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion at 18:22 on Friday 8 June 2012. The 50-year-old male driver of the Dennis bus and the 40-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jun 2012
- Friday, 18:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dennis and Peugeot 106
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20196, longitude -3.95231, in the SY25 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201263BC08612
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4343
- 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
- Raining with 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 351 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 November 1985.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 19 November 1985
351 m awayRef 19856385B0440
Serious
Car crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 6 October 2006
443 m awayRef 200663BC18406
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A485 in Ceredigion, 10 June 1981
574 m awayRef 19816381B0181
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4343 in Ceredigion, 12 August 1980
576 m awayRef 19806380B0269
Slight
Car crash on the A485 in Ceredigion, 3 July 1979
599 m awayRef 19796379B0238
Slight
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the A485 in Ceredigion, 10 March 2011
608 m awayRef 201163BC05111
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)
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 201263BC08612 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.