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B4273 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 14 June 1980 at 23:40 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the B4273 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 23:40 on Saturday 14 June 1980. A 20-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jun 1980
Saturday, 23:40
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6396, longitude -3.3612, in the CF37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ynysybwl.

Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980620B03560
Council area
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4273
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1980620B03560 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 1980.