Serious B4396 crash in Powys on 29 April 2017 at 07:06 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Mazda CX5 were involved in a crash on the B4396 in Powys at 07:06 on Saturday 29 April 2017. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and a 69-year-old female passenger in the Mazda CX5 and the 73-year-old male driver of the Mazda CX5 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 07:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Mazda CX5
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.80765, longitude -3.19327, 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
- 20176337117DP
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4396
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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 slight injury crash on 19 September 2020.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4396 in Powys, 19 September 2020
14 m awayRef 202063D064020
Slight
Vauxhall Astramax crash on the B4393 in Powys, 10 June 1991
61 m awayRef 199163D518091
Slight
Mitsubishi L200 crash on an unclassified road in Powys, 7 May 2010
71 m awayRef 201063DP11110
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4396 in Powys, 20 August 2003
260 m awayRef 200363DP33603
Fatal
Honda VFR800F crash on the B4396 in Powys, 15 April 2003
500 m awayRef 200363DP12503
Serious
Yamaha FJR 1300 crash on the B4396 in Powys, 14 February 2009
512 m awayRef 200963DP02809
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda CX5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,191 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda CX5)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda CX5)
- 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 20176337117DP 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 2017.