Serious B4580 crash in Powys on 11 September 2012 at 15:30 involving a Volkswagen Touareg
A Volkswagen Touareg and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on the B4580 in Powys at 15:30 on Tuesday 11 September 2012. A 71-year-old female passenger in the Honda Jazz was seriously injured and the 71-year-old male driver of the Honda Jazz and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Honda Jazz were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Sep 2012
- Tuesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Touareg and Honda Jazz
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85545, longitude -3.1563, in the SY10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201263DP24712
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4580
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 98 metres away, was a fatal crash on 3 July 1982.
Fatal
Bicycle crash on the B4580 in Powys, 3 July 1982
98 m awayRef 1982600D04029
Slight
Citroen C15 crash on the B4580 in Powys, 27 July 1999
99 m awayRef 199963NN08999
Serious
Car crash on the B4580 in Powys, 3 May 1980
125 m awayRef 1980600D04027
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B4580 in Powys, 19 April 1994
447 m awayRef 1994600D04010
Slight
Leyland DAF Fat 75 crash on the B4580 in Powys, 18 June 2003
506 m awayRef 200363DP21603
Serious
Car crash on the B4580 in Powys, 27 July 1981
517 m awayRef 1981600D04044
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touareg
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,460 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201263DP24712 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.