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Fatal A465 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 5 February 1993 at 16:40 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil at 16:40 on Friday 5 February 1993. The 38-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was killed and the 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Feb 1993
Friday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Ford Orion
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76557, longitude -3.33818, in the CF48 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199362A004293
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
465
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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 slight injury crash on 23 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 199362A004293 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 1993.