A470 crash in Powys on 19 April 2015 at 18:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 18:00 on Sunday 19 April 2015. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 51-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2015
- Sunday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.95413, longitude -3.3531, 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
- 201563DP10915
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 June 2015.
Serious
Van crash on the A470 in Powys, 22 June 2015
10 m awayRef 201563DP13615
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A470 in Powys, 13 October 2012
10 m awayRef 201263DP40812
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A470 in Powys, 7 February 2025
15 m awayRef 2025631580896
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A470 in Powys, 1 June 1985
114 m awayRef 19856385D0125
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Powys, 19 November 1988
130 m awayRef 198863D539488
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Powys, 17 December 1992
130 m awayRef 199263D539392
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 51 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 201563DP10915 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 2015.