Unclassified road crash in Swansea SA1 on 31 March 2014 at 22:05 involving a Hyundai i40
A Hyundai i40, a Volvo C 30 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swansea at 22:05 on Monday 31 March 2014. The 33-year-old female driver of the Volvo C 30 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Mar 2014
- Monday, 22:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Hyundai i40 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62261, longitude -3.95174, in the SA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Townhill, Swansea, SA1 6SU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014621400607
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Dislodged vehicle load in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2009.
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BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 9 August 2007
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Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 14 December 1999
50 m awayRef 1999620005900
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Citroen C4 crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 7 September 2014
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Serious
Yamaha DT 125 RE crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 2 September 2013
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo C 30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo C 30)
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 2014621400607 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 2014.