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Serious unclassified road crash in Swansea SA2 on 4 April 2019 at 16:41 involving a Skoda Fabia

A Skoda Fabia hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Swansea at 16:41 on Thursday 4 April 2019. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Apr 2019
Thursday, 16:41
Vehicles
1
Skoda Fabia
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61577, longitude -3.98802, in the SA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sketty, Swansea, SA2 0BG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swansea

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019621900503
Council area
Swansea
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    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 2019621900503 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swansea road accident statistics for 2019.