A4067 crash in Swansea on 12 December 2017 at 08:44 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A4067 in Swansea at 08:44 on Tuesday 12 December 2017. The 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2017
- Tuesday, 08:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65875, longitude -3.9246, in the SA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morriston, Swansea, SA6 8EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621701642
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4067
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- B
- Second road number
- 4603
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2024.
Slight
Skoda Karoq crash on the B4603 in Swansea, 1 August 2024
2 m awayRef 2024622400549
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 14 March 2024
3 m awayRef 2024622400182
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 9 February 2012
6 m awayRef 2012620214610
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 7 June 2017
14 m awayRef 2017621700884
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4067 in Swansea, 20 March 2008
14 m awayRef 2008620178591
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A4065 in Swansea, 29 March 2010
15 m awayRef 2010620199262
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017621701642 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.