B4309 crash in Carmarthenshire on 27 August 2019 at 16:30 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift, a Jaguar XE Series and a Volkswagen Touran were involved in a crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire at 16:30 on Tuesday 27 August 2019. The 18-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift, a 12-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Touran and an 11-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Touran were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 2019
- Tuesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki Swift and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81617, longitude -4.28072, in the SA32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Carmarthenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201963A077719
- Council area
- Carmarthenshire
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4309
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 129 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 August 2025.
Serious
Citroen DS3 crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 19 August 2025
129 m awayRef 2025631630925
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 13 April 2010
184 m awayRef 201063AC11910
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 29 October 2019
277 m awayRef 201963A103219
Serious
Car crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 8 September 1982
320 m awayRef 19826382B0347
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 19 February 2007
335 m awayRef 200763AC10207
Serious
Car crash on the B4309 in Carmarthenshire, 15 August 1985
380 m awayRef 19856385B0285
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Jaguar XE Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Touran
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Touran)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Touran)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201963A077719 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Carmarthenshire road accident statistics for 2019.