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A470 crash in Powys on 15 February 2018 at 17:17 involving a lorry

Two vehicles and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 17:17 on Thursday 15 February 2018. The 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 2018
Thursday, 17:17
Vehicles
3
Lorry and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0943, longitude -3.35472, in the LD2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201863D015618
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
470
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    17,177 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 201863D015618 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.