Serious A482 crash in Ceredigion on 31 July 2024 at 13:30 involving a Lexus NX 300
A Lexus NX 300 and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A482 in Ceredigion at 13:30 on Wednesday 31 July 2024. The 21-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Jul 2024
- Wednesday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexus NX 300 and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21441, longitude -4.21206, 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
- 2024631474435
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 482
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2003.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A482 in Ceredigion, 22 August 2003
9 m awayRef 200363BC18403
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A482 in Ceredigion, 8 September 2016
9 m awayRef 201663BC15216
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A482 in Ceredigion, 12 June 2009
19 m awayRef 200963BC08709
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A482 in Ceredigion, 1 November 2019
41 m awayRef 201963B102719
Slight
Car crash on the A482 in Ceredigion, 18 January 2004
61 m awayRef 200463BC00504
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A482 in Ceredigion, 18 March 2000
69 m awayRef 200063AA03800
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexus NX 300
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024631474435 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 2024.