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Serious A40 crash in Powys on 28 December 2017 at 10:54 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on the A40 in Powys at 10:54 on Thursday 28 December 2017. A 36-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 41-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 2017
Thursday, 10:54
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93908, longitude -3.38757, in the LD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201763D127517
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Frost or ice

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, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 201763D127517 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.