B4385 crash in Powys on 1 November 2018 at 10:15 involving a Volkswagen Caddy van
A Volkswagen Caddy van and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the B4385 in Powys at 10:15 on Thursday 1 November 2018. The 22-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Caddy van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2018
- Thursday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Caddy and Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.61814, longitude -3.21913, in the SY21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201863D104918
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4385
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2025.
Slight
Triumph Tiger crash on the B4385 in Powys, 25 September 2025
9 m awayRef 2025631646455
Slight
Taxi crash on the B4385 in Powys, 26 August 2000
10 m awayRef 200063NN12400
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the B4385 in Powys, 27 November 1990
72 m awayRef 199063D546290
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4385 in Powys, 2 August 2011
110 m awayRef 201163DP24411
Slight
Renault Safrane crash on the B4385 in Powys, 12 February 2004
110 m awayRef 200463DP04404
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4385 in Powys, 3 June 1998
263 m awayRef 199863NN07098
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Caddy)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 201863D104918 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.