Unclassified road crash in Swansea SA4 on 27 November 2016 at 19:11 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swansea at 19:11 on Sunday 27 November 2016. The 42-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was 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
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Nov 2016
- Sunday, 19:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65945, longitude -4.03782, in the SA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gorseinon.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016621601965
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2017.
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the B4296 in Swansea, 30 September 2017
24 m awayRef 2017621701381
Slight
Car crash on the B4296 in Swansea, 13 February 1986
47 m awayRef 1986620H03650
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 16 September 1994
47 m awayRef 199462M026094
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4070 in Swansea, 5 October 1994
47 m awayRef 199462M026394
Slight
Zastava Yugo crash on the B4296 in Swansea, 1 June 1994
47 m awayRef 199462M013994
Slight
Car crash on the A4070 in Swansea, 19 August 1988
53 m awayRef 1988620H23600
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 2016621601965 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.