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Serious A4054 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 9 November 1979 at 08:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 08:55 on Friday 9 November 1979. A 64-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 20-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Nov 1979
Friday, 08:55
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53998, longitude -3.2645, in the CF15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979620B07100
Council area
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4054
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 64, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing in zig-zag exit lines
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1979620B07100 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.