Serious A458 crash in Powys on 1 June 2018 at 11:30 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and two Volkswagen Golfs were involved in a crash on the A458 in Powys at 11:30 on Friday 1 June 2018. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Jun 2018
- Friday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Insignia and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6697, longitude -3.38709, in the SY21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201863D047918
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 458
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2011.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A458 in Powys, 12 February 2011
10 m awayRef 201163DP02911
Serious
Suzuki SFV 650 crash on the A458 in Powys, 18 August 2016
73 m awayRef 201663DP21516
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A458 in Powys, 9 August 1998
82 m awayRef 199863NN10998
Slight
Volvo crash on the A458 in Powys, 11 October 2000
95 m awayRef 200063NN14900
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A458 in Powys, 24 September 1995
100 m awayRef 199563D528195
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A458 in Powys, 6 March 1990
100 m awayRef 199063D506490
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 201863D047918 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.