Serious A470 crash in Powys on 13 April 2022 at 15:25 involving a Suzuki Ignis
A Suzuki Ignis and a Honda CR-V were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 15:25 on Wednesday 13 April 2022. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Apr 2022
- Wednesday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Ignis and Honda CR-V
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08195, longitude -3.32721, in the LD2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 202263D025122
- Council area
- Powys
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 470
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Wet or damp
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, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 1997.
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Powys, 17 September 1997
40 m awayRef 199763D531097
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Powys, 20 July 1983
74 m awayRef 19836383D0284
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A470 in Powys, 2 January 1993
74 m awayRef 199363D500493
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A470 in Powys, 16 August 2008
104 m awayRef 200863DP26008
Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A470 in Powys, 28 June 2019
111 m awayRef 201963D056019
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A470 in Powys, 21 January 2008
130 m awayRef 200863DP01708
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Ignis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Ignis)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CR-V)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CR-V)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CR-V)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 202263D025122 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 2022.