A4240 crash in Swansea on 19 August 2013 at 16:46 involving a Renault Megane
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 2013
- Monday, 16:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66353, longitude -4.07122, in the SA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loughor.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013621301522
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4240
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2021.
Slight
Case IH crash on the A4240 in Swansea, 10 August 2021
5 m awayRef 2021622100727
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the A4240 in Swansea, 15 June 2024
8 m awayRef 2024622400414
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A4240 in Swansea, 13 December 2010
14 m awayRef 2010620206118
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 30 September 2003
42 m awayRef 2003620092653
Serious
Bus crash on the A4240 in Swansea, 25 November 2005
45 m awayRef 2005620144109
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4240 in Swansea, 4 February 2002
50 m awayRef 2002620054387
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 39, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2013621301522 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.