A4120 crash in Ceredigion on 8 April 2017 at 17:42 involving a Toyota Hilux
A Toyota Hilux and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion at 17:42 on Saturday 8 April 2017. A 26-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Toyota Hilux was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 17:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Hilux and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.39953, longitude -4.06976, in the SY23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberystwyth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberystwyth Penparcau, Ceredigion, SY23 1SJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201763B033817
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4120
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 December 2023.
Serious
Hyundai i10 crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 2 December 2023
36 m awayRef 2023631382132
Slight
Kia Pride crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 30 November 1998
41 m awayRef 199863AA20298
Serious
Car crash on the A4120 in Ceredigion, 17 February 1988
45 m awayRef 198863B504688
Fatal
Rover 400 Series crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 9 January 1999
45 m awayRef 199963AA00699
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 20 November 2002
45 m awayRef 200263BC23702
Slight
Taxi crash on the A487 in Ceredigion, 7 September 2005
50 m awayRef 200563BC20005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,926 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 201763B033817 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2017.