Serious B4436 crash in Swansea on 20 September 2018 at 11:28 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on the B4436 in Swansea at 11:28 on Thursday 20 September 2018. The 87-year-old male driver of the Honda Jazz was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Sep 2018
- Thursday, 11:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58766, longitude -4.01099, in the SA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621801210
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4436
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Raining with 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, 52 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2001.
Slight
Volkswagen crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 22 May 2001
52 m awayRef 2001620036910
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 22 May 1980
64 m awayRef 1980620J01880
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 18 August 1984
89 m awayRef 1984620J08030
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 29 January 2013
105 m awayRef 2013621300212
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 25 May 1979
126 m awayRef 1979620J01660
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 3 September 1998
139 m awayRef 199862H028698
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 87 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,464 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018621801210 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.