Serious B4388 crash in Powys on 27 February 2012 at 14:10 involving a Volvo V50
A Volvo V50 and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B4388 in Powys at 14:10 on Monday 27 February 2012. The 61-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo was seriously injured and the 45-year-old male driver of the Volvo V50 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Feb 2012
- Monday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo V50 and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5901, longitude -3.14192, in the SY21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201263DP07112
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4388
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 2017.
Slight
Peugeot Boxer crash on the B4388 in Powys, 6 April 2017
At the same spotRef 201763D030117
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4388 in Powys, 13 September 2000
At the same spotRef 200063NN13200
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the B4388 in Powys, 4 May 2024
8 m awayRef 2024631439144
Serious
Vauxhall Crossland crash on the B4388 in Powys, 9 October 2025
9 m awayRef 2025631653682
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4388 in Powys, 11 May 2018
10 m awayRef 201863D039618
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4388 in Powys, 16 January 2005
10 m awayRef 200563DP01605
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V50
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V50)
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 201263DP07112 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Powys road accident statistics for 2012.