A474 crash in Carmarthenshire on 4 September 2013 at 11:17 involving a Renault Scenic
A Renault Scenic and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire at 11:17 on Wednesday 4 September 2013. The 42-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 2013
- Wednesday, 11:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Scenic and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80522, longitude -3.9196, in the SA18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glanaman. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glanamman, Carmarthenshire, SA18 1DX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201363AC28113
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 474
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2008.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 21 August 2008
41 m awayRef 200863AC33508
Slight
Bus crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 8 October 1999
51 m awayRef 199963ER16299
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 26 June 1986
51 m awayRef 19866386A0206
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 28 June 1985
51 m awayRef 19856385A0190
Serious
Car crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 25 April 1984
51 m awayRef 19846384A0129
Slight
Car crash on the A474 in Carmarthenshire, 24 May 1994
61 m awayRef 199463A516594
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 201363AC28113 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Carmarthenshire road accident statistics for 2013.