A4068 crash in Powys on 9 May 2017 at 22:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the A4068 in Powys at 22:20 on Tuesday 9 May 2017. The 19-year-old male driver of the Toyota Aygo and the 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 2017
- Tuesday, 22:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Toyota Aygo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78712, longitude -3.80497, in the SA9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201763D041317
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2007.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A4068 in Powys, 11 September 2007
10 m awayRef 200763DP34807
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on the A4068 in Powys, 14 November 2013
28 m awayRef 201363DP30613
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4068 in Powys, 4 September 1994
30 m awayRef 199463A531294
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4068 in Powys, 23 February 1992
30 m awayRef 199263A506392
Slight
Van crash on the A4068 in Powys, 19 December 1988
104 m awayRef 198863A545788
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Powys, 2 March 1985
104 m awayRef 19856385A0055
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 201763D041317 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.