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Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF47 on 1 August 1992 at 02:20 involving a Talbot minibus

A Talbot minibus crashed on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 02:20 on Saturday 1 August 1992. All twelve casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 1992
Saturday, 02:20
Vehicles
1
Talbot
Casualties
12
12 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76195, longitude -3.37169, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992620A02230
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (12)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1992620A02230 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 1992.