A4230 crash in Swansea on 27 May 2021 at 18:46 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and an Audi Q2 were involved in a crash on the A4230 in Swansea at 18:46 on Thursday 27 May 2021. The 21-year-old female driver of the Audi Q2 and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Audi Q2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2021
- Thursday, 18:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Audi Q2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66043, longitude -3.89601, in the SA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swansea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llansamlet, Swansea, SA7 9BL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swansea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021622100589
- Council area
- Swansea
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4230
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2009.
Slight
Citroen C2 crash on the A48 in Swansea, 31 October 2009
5 m awayRef 2009620195485
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A48 in Swansea, 4 March 2011
5 m awayRef 2011620207774
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Swansea, 9 May 1981
5 m awayRef 1981620H01610
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A48 in Swansea, 7 February 2017
6 m awayRef 2017621700236
Slight
Car crash on the A48 in Swansea, 2 April 1980
11 m awayRef 1980620H00990
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A48 in Swansea, 15 August 2006
11 m awayRef 2006620157750
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q2)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q2)
- 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 2021622100589 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 2021.