B4271 crash in Swansea on 5 July 2014 at 11:12 involving a Daewoo Matiz
A Daewoo Matiz and a Ford Transit Connect lorry were involved in a crash on the B4271 in Swansea at 11:12 on Saturday 5 July 2014. The 21-year-old female driver of the Daewoo Matiz and the 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Connect lorry were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 2014
- Saturday, 11:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Daewoo Matiz and Ford Transit Connect
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60424, longitude -4.08953, in the SA2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014621401271
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4271
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2003.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4271 in Swansea, 24 February 2003
15 m awayRef 2003620078788
Slight
Car crash on the B4271 in Swansea, 11 September 1984
111 m awayRef 1984620J08830
Serious
Car crash on the B4271 in Swansea, 13 February 1992
111 m awayRef 1992620J00400
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 25 July 1996
111 m awayRef 199662H021096
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B4271 in Swansea, 23 August 1992
122 m awayRef 1992620J02210
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 15 March 1999
122 m awayRef 199962H005799
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Daewoo Matiz
Car
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daewoo Matiz)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Connect)
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 2014621401271 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.