A470 crash in Powys on 4 June 2013 at 07:47 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series, a van and two cars were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 07:47 on Tuesday 4 June 2013. The 38-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series, the 27-year-old male driver of the van and a 15-year-old male passenger in the van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jun 2013
- Tuesday, 07:47
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW 5 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89666, longitude -3.49283, 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
- 201363DP12613
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 470
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 November 2017.
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A470 in Powys, 4 November 2017
10 m awayRef 201763D107117
Serious
Car crash on the A470 in Powys, 7 April 2015
98 m awayRef 201563DP05515
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A470 in Powys, 25 July 1992
132 m awayRef 199263D522392
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A470 in Powys, 21 December 1995
271 m awayRef 199563D538195
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A470 in Powys, 7 November 2007
318 m awayRef 200763DP47007
Serious
Harley-Davidson XL crash on the A470 in Powys, 19 July 2024
373 m awayRef 2024631469961
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
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 201363DP12613 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 2013.