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A40 crash in Powys on 31 July 2019 at 15:30 involving a Toyota Yaris

A Toyota Yaris and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A40 in Powys at 15:30 on Wednesday 31 July 2019. The 74-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris and a 46-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jul 2019
Wednesday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Toyota Yaris and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93682, longitude -3.3347, in the LD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Powys

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201963D067219
Council area
Powys
Police force
Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 201963D067219 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 2019.