Serious B4391 crash in Powys on 7 March 2016 at 17:27 involving a Ford Fusion
A Ford Fusion and a Kia Ceed were involved in a crash on the B4391 in Powys at 17:27 on Monday 7 March 2016. The 57-year-old female driver of the Kia Ceed was seriously injured and the 68-year-old male driver of the Ford Fusion and a 68-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fusion 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
- 7 Mar 2016
- Monday, 17:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fusion and Kia Ceed
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.81295, longitude -3.36512, in the SY10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201663DP10016
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4391
- 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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 March 1980.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4391 in Powys, 30 March 1980
14 m awayRef 19806380D0079
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B4391 in Powys, 2 February 2006
50 m awayRef 200663DP04206
Slight
Car crash on the B4391 in Powys, 12 September 1997
71 m awayRef 199763D529397
Serious
Triumph Tiger crash on the B4391 in Powys, 1 June 2024
95 m awayRef 2024631450693
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B4391 in Powys, 20 April 2003
149 m awayRef 200363DP12903
Slight
Car crash on the B4391 in Powys, 18 August 1982
597 m awayRef 19826382D0283
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
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
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Ceed)
- 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 201663DP10016 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.