Serious A495 crash in Powys on 25 March 2016 at 08:39 involving a Renault Scenic
A Renault Scenic crashed on the A495 in Powys at 08:39 on Friday 25 March 2016. The 42-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 33-year-old female passenger and a 2-year-old male passenger 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
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Mar 2016
- Friday, 08:39
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71467, longitude -3.24451, in the SY22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201663DP05916
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 495
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 February 2002.
Serious
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A495 in Powys, 24 February 2002
At the same spotRef 200263DP06502
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on the A495 in Powys, 28 December 2001
At the same spotRef 200163DP40301
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the A495 in Powys, 2 October 2001
10 m awayRef 200163DP26101
Slight
Car crash on the A495 in Powys, 2 November 1997
22 m awayRef 199763D536797
Slight
Car crash on the A495 in Powys, 26 July 2015
32 m awayRef 201563DP27315
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A495 in Powys, 24 December 2001
36 m awayRef 200163DP39801
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Scenic)
- 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 201663DP05916 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 2016.