Serious B4337 crash in Ceredigion on 23 October 2017 at 16:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion at 16:30 on Monday 23 October 2017. The 33-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Oct 2017
- Monday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24483, longitude -4.13726, in the SY23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201763B103117
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4337
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 1997.
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 19 February 1997
10 m awayRef 199763B508197
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 5 August 2008
14 m awayRef 200863BC13608
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 21 July 1994
14 m awayRef 199463B528094
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 13 June 2004
22 m awayRef 200463BC12204
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 20 October 2005
22 m awayRef 200563BC25005
Slight
Volvo crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 15 May 2009
22 m awayRef 200963BC06909
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 201763B103117 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.