B4277 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 17 September 1979 at 19:50 involving a car
A car crashed on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 19:50 on Monday 17 September 1979. The 25-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Sep 1979
- Monday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70321, longitude -3.45573, in the CF44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1979620B05900
- Council area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Police force
- South Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4277
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2004.
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 October 2004
51 m awayRef 2004620120383
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 20 September 1999
61 m awayRef 199962B045299
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 May 2025
77 m awayRef 2025622500406
Serious
Car crash on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 20 November 1983
100 m awayRef 1983620B23580
Slight
Car crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 May 1989
120 m awayRef 1989620B10950
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 12 September 2001
132 m awayRef 2001620045426
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1979620B05900 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rhondda Cynon Taf road accident statistics for 1979.