Serious A470 crash in Powys on 22 August 2022 at 13:40 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris, a Peugeot 3008 and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on the A470 in Powys at 13:40 on Monday 22 August 2022. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Aug 2022
- Monday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Yaris and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59811, longitude -3.59161, in the SY19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Powys
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 202263D069222
- 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
- Raining, 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, 57 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 August 2020.
Serious
BMW S 1000 crash on the A470 in Powys, 30 August 2020
57 m awayRef 202063D057520
Serious
Audi A5 crash on the A470 in Powys, 4 August 2019
57 m awayRef 201963D067819
Serious
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A470 in Powys, 14 July 1991
163 m awayRef 199163D522391
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A470 in Powys, 21 June 2016
190 m awayRef 201663DP16516
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Powys, 25 June 1997
196 m awayRef 199763D519497
Serious
Car crash on the A470 in Powys, 9 July 2015
215 m awayRef 201563DP20215
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 3008
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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Fiat 500
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 3008)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 3008)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat 500)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat 500)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat 500)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 202263D069222 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.