B4489 crash in Swansea on 20 April 2013 at 12:57 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a Citroen C4 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B4489 in Swansea at 12:57 on Saturday 20 April 2013. The 61-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2013
- Saturday, 12:57
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66476, longitude -3.95241, in the SA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mynydd-bach, Swansea, SA6 7PB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013621300649
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4489
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2007.
Slight
Honda XL125V crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 15 December 2007
10 m awayRef 2007620174990
Slight
Proton Persona crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 16 October 2008
10 m awayRef 2008620184194
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 10 December 2019
33 m awayRef 2019621901611
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 31 July 2023
38 m awayRef 2023622300642
Serious
Car crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 20 June 1988
45 m awayRef 1988620H17680
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 28 April 2014
73 m awayRef 2014621400774
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2013621300649 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 2013.