B4303 crash in Carmarthenshire on 27 February 2020 at 05:55 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4303 in Carmarthenshire at 05:55 on Thursday 27 February 2020. The 43-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Feb 2020; Thursday, 05:55
Vehicles: 2; Ford Focus and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 202063A018920
Council area: Carmarthenshire
Police force: Dyfed-Powys
Police attended the scene: No

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 4303
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
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
Road surface: Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded: Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious: 13%
Estimated chance it was slight: 87%

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South East
Position at junction
Entering main road
First point of impact
Front
Left-hand drive
No
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
51 years
Engine capacity
1,997 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Diesel
Vehicle age
5 years
Driver home area deprivation
30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
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
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
43 years
Driver home area deprivation
20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 43, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
Home area deprivation
20 to 30% 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 202063A018920 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 2020.