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Serious unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF48 on 25 July 1990 at 20:30 involving a Leyland Cars Princess

A Leyland Cars Princess crashed on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 20:30 on Wednesday 25 July 1990. The 26-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Jul 1990
Wednesday, 20:30
Vehicles
1
Leyland Cars Princess
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74979, longitude -3.39639, in the CF48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990620A02810
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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 23 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Cars Princess

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars Princess)

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 1990620A02810 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merthyr Tydfil road accident statistics for 1990.