A483 crash in Swansea on 29 July 2018 at 12:34 involving a Citroen C1
A Citroen C1 and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A483 in Swansea at 12:34 on Sunday 29 July 2018. The 37-year-old male driver of the Audi A4, an 8-year-old male passenger in the Audi A4 and a 13-year-old male passenger in the Audi A4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Jul 2018
- Sunday, 12:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C1 and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6301, longitude -3.9414, in the SA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Swansea, SA1 2DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621801049
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 483
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4603
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2014.
Slight
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on the A4118 in Swansea, 3 December 2014
1 m awayRef 2014621402215
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 3 February 2024
1 m awayRef 2024622400098
Slight
Car crash on the B4603 in Swansea, 14 October 2015
2 m awayRef 2015621501791
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on the B4489 in Swansea, 5 October 2020
3 m awayRef 2020622000885
Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the B4603 in Swansea, 30 June 2018
3 m awayRef 2018621800811
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A483 in Swansea, 23 February 2016
4 m awayRef 2016621600675
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018621801049 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 2018.