Fatal A483 crash in Powys on 7 January 2018 at 16:35 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio, an agricultural vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on the A483 in Powys at 16:35 on Sunday 7 January 2018. The 62-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 7 Jan 2018
- Sunday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14356, longitude -3.4895, in the LD4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201863D000118
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 483
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 80 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2002.
Slight
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on the A483 in Powys, 26 February 2002
80 m awayRef 200263DP06102
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A483 in Powys, 29 April 2003
214 m awayRef 200363DP13303
Slight
Van crash on the A483 in Powys, 25 February 1987
244 m awayRef 198763D004887
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A483 in Powys, 15 September 2010
253 m awayRef 201063DP27310
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A483 in Powys, 10 January 2011
386 m awayRef 201163DP10211
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A483 in Powys, 31 October 1991
430 m awayRef 199163D538091
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 98 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 30 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 201863D000118 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 2018.