A470 crash in Powys on 10 April 2018 at 18:15 involving a Renault Kangoo
Five vehicles, including a Renault Kangoo and a Suzuki Vitara, were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 18:15 on Tuesday 10 April 2018. The 28-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Mokka was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Apr 2018
- Tuesday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 5
- Renault Kangoo and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51158, longitude -3.42263, in the SY17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Caersws, Powys, SY17 5SA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201863D030518
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2007.
Slight
Van crash on the A470 in Powys, 27 April 2007
At the same spotRef 200763DP19607
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A489 in Powys, 18 June 2008
At the same spotRef 200863DP17908
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A470 in Powys, 27 September 2018
10 m awayRef 201863D093318
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A470 in Powys, 27 August 2006
10 m awayRef 200663DP31106
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A470 in Powys, 29 November 2001
14 m awayRef 200163DP35801
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A489 in Powys, 28 January 2001
14 m awayRef 200163NN00901
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,736 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Mercedes Sprinter
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Mokka)
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 201863D030518 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.