Unclassified road crash in Ceredigion SA44 on 9 May 2018 at 15:00 involving a Mazda MX-5
A Mazda MX-5 and a New Holland agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion at 15:00 on Wednesday 9 May 2018. The 68-year-old male driver of the Mazda MX-5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 2018
- Wednesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda MX-5 and New Holland
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1082, longitude -4.45771, in the SA44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201863B039218
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 136 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2018.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion, 2 September 2018
136 m awayRef 201863B082218
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion, 7 July 1997
520 m awayRef 199763B525897
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion, 26 August 2019
560 m awayRef 201963B077319
Serious
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion, 24 October 1988
793 m awayRef 198863B541588
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion, 25 May 2025
960 m awayRef 2025631594663
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Ceredigion, 15 April 2005
987 m awayRef 200563BC08305
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 27 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: New Holland
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,728 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201863B039218 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 2018.