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A482 crash in Ceredigion on 19 October 2016 at 18:55 involving a Suzuki Vitara

A Suzuki Vitara hit a pedestrian on the A482 in Ceredigion at 18:55 on Wednesday 19 October 2016. An 86-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Oct 2016
Wednesday, 18:55
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Vitara
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24103, longitude -4.25708, in the SA46 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberaeron. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberaeron and Aberarth, Ceredigion, SA46 0AX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201663BC17716
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
482
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    2,393 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 86, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 201663BC17716 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 2016.