A475 road

A475 road
Route information
Length:	18.9 mi (30.4 km)
Major junctions
East end:	Lampeter
	A482 road A485 road A486 road A484 road
West end:	Newcastle Emlyn
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A475 is a road in west Wales linking the town centres of Lampeter, Ceredigion and Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, a total of 19 miles (31 km).

Route

The A475 leaves Lampeter southwestwards from a junction with the A482 and passes through the hamlet of Pentre-Bach and the village of Llanwnnen, where it is crossed by the B4337 Llanrhystud to Edwinsford road. It passes through the villages of Dre-Fach and Cwmsychbant, then is crossed by the B4459 Talgarreg to Pencader road. The road continues to Pren-Gwyn and a junction with the B4476 road to Landysul. At Horeb the A475 is crossed by the A486 New Quay to Saron road. The road passes through Penrhywllan, Aber-banc and Llandyfriog, and reaches Newcastle Emlyn town centre after a roundabout junction with the B4571 and B4333 roads. After crossing the River Teifi into Carmarthenshire the road ends at a junction with the A484 in Water Street.

History

The original route designated A475 in 1923 ran from Swansea to Carmarthen. When this route was renumbered in 1935, the designation was given to the Lampeter to Newcastle Emlyn route.

Hazards and Incidents

On 11 September 2001 a council lorry collided with a school bus near the Horeb crossroads. A number of children and three adults were treated for shock and minor injury, but no one was seriously injured. In the same year a young couple died when their car left the road near Lampeter. A review of speed limits was called for in 2013 following an accident on the road, which was referred to by a local driver as "a death trap". The A475 was classed by the Road Safety Foundation in 2011 as a Low-medium risk road; the classification was increased in 2014 as Medium risk.