B4620 crash in Swansea on 15 August 2013 at 17:52 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Mitsubishi Lancer were involved in a crash on the B4620 in Swansea at 17:52 on Thursday 15 August 2013. The 63-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto and the 29-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Lancer 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
- 15 Aug 2013
- Thursday, 17:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Mitsubishi Lancer
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66757, longitude -4.03076, in the SA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gorseinon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gorseinon and Penyrheol, Swansea, SA4 4EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013621301408
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4620
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2002.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4240 in Swansea, 2 February 2002
10 m awayRef 2002620053057
Slight
Toyota Previa crash on the A4240 in Swansea, 30 May 2006
10 m awayRef 2006620154096
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4240 in Swansea, 26 April 2000
20 m awayRef 2000620014463
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A4240 in Swansea, 29 July 2003
20 m awayRef 2003620089239
Slight
Lorry crash on the A484 in Swansea, 25 February 1986
28 m awayRef 1986620H04580
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A4240 in Swansea, 6 January 2021
36 m awayRef 2021622100041
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Lancer
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Lancer)
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 2013621301408 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.