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Fatal B4275 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 31 May 1981 at 19:50 involving a car

A car hit five pedestrians on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 19:50 on Sunday 31 May 1981. A 35-year-old male pedestrian was killed and four other people were seriously injured. Four of the others were pedestrians.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 May 1981
Sunday, 19:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
5
1 killed, 4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67103, longitude -3.36504, in the CF45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mountain Ash.

Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981620B03400
Council area
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4275
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1981620B03400 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 1981.