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Unclassified road crash in Powys LD3 on 25 December 2012 at 00:45 involving a Volkswagen Transporter van

A Volkswagen Transporter van crashed on an unclassified road in Powys at 00:45 on Tuesday 25 December 2012. A 27-year-old male passenger and a 27-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 2012
Tuesday, 00:45
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Transporter
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94552, longitude -3.28407, in the LD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201263DP39712
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, no street lighting
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
29%
Estimated chance it was slight
71%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 92 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 July 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    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 and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

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 201263DP39712 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.