Serious B4353 crash in Ceredigion on 22 August 2015 at 05:10 involving a van
A van and two cars were involved in a crash on the B4353 in Ceredigion at 05:10 on Saturday 22 August 2015. The 28-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured and a 30-year-old male passenger in the van and a 29-year-old male passenger in the van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Aug 2015
- Saturday, 05:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Van and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46261, longitude -4.02427, in the SY24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201563BC10215
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4353
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1992.
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the B4353 in Ceredigion, 9 November 1992
71 m awayRef 199263B546392
Serious
Car crash on the B4353 in Ceredigion, 8 July 1979
95 m awayRef 19796379B0231
Slight
Car crash on the B4353 in Ceredigion, 13 November 1985
130 m awayRef 19856385B0434
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4353 in Ceredigion, 15 November 2008
216 m awayRef 200863BC20208
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the B4353 in Ceredigion, 26 August 1992
221 m awayRef 199263B536092
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the B4353 in Ceredigion, 10 June 2004
292 m awayRef 200463BC10804
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 201563BC10215 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2015.