A4216 crash in Swansea on 28 July 2017 at 16:24 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A4216 in Swansea at 16:24 on Friday 28 July 2017. The 35-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and a 79-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2017
- Friday, 16:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6219, longitude -3.98303, in the SA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sketty, Swansea, SA2 0BG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621701167
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4216
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2015.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 17 September 2015
1 m awayRef 2015621501598
Slight
Car crash on the A4216 in Swansea, 26 March 2015
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Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A4216 in Swansea, 24 October 2017
6 m awayRef 2017621701458
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A4216 in Swansea, 21 July 2023
6 m awayRef 2023622300620
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A4216 in Swansea, 2 August 2017
6 m awayRef 2017621701265
Slight
Car crash on the A4216 in Swansea, 22 August 2015
7 m awayRef 2015621501427
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017621701167 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 2017.