A4054 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 13 September 1991 at 11:20 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a car were involved in a crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil at 11:20 on Friday 13 September 1991. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra, a 23-year-old male passenger in the Ford Sierra and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Sep 1991
- Friday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66161, longitude -3.32427, in the CF46 postcode district and within the built-up area of Treharris.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1991620A03400
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 serious injury crash on 5 August 1982.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 5 August 1982
At the same spotRef 1982620A03400
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 15 April 1990
At the same spotRef 1990620A01430
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 28 June 1991
At the same spotRef 1991620A02490
Slight
Car crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 12 November 1988
At the same spotRef 1988620A17170
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 April 2006
60 m awayRef 2006620150327
Slight
Volvo 850 crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 21 July 2000
71 m awayRef 2000620019789
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,304 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 1991620A03400 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 1991.