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M4 crash in Swansea on 27 March 2016 at 02:14 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the M4 in Swansea at 02:14 on Sunday 27 March 2016. A 43-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 307 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Mar 2016
Sunday, 02:14
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 307
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66256, longitude -3.87825, in the SA7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llansamlet, Swansea, SA7 9BL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016621600558
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

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 2016621600558 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 2016.