Serious B4342 crash in Ceredigion on 4 April 2023 at 16:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4342 in Ceredigion at 16:45 on Tuesday 4 April 2023. The 53-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Apr 2023
- Tuesday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17849, longitude -4.19195, in the SA48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 202363B026223
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4342
- 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
- Dry
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, 253 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 2016.
Slight
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on the B4342 in Ceredigion, 16 February 2016
253 m awayRef 201663BC02616
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4342 in Ceredigion, 10 June 2015
307 m awayRef 201563BC08415
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the B4342 in Ceredigion, 17 July 2025
400 m awayRef 2025631617649
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4342 in Ceredigion, 9 August 2020
582 m awayRef 202063B050020
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on a C road in Ceredigion, 9 March 1995
754 m awayRef 199563B508295
Slight
Datsun Bluebird crash on the B4342 in Ceredigion, 3 July 1992
895 m awayRef 199263B523892
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 202363B026223 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2023.