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Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF47 on 4 July 1993 at 16:00 involving a Triumph Dolomite

A Triumph Dolomite and an Isuzu Trooper were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 16:00 on Sunday 4 July 1993. The 89-year-old female driver of the Triumph Dolomite, a 78-year-old female passenger in the Triumph Dolomite and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Isuzu Trooper were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jul 1993
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Triumph Dolomite and Isuzu Trooper
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74993, longitude -3.37683, 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
199362A016693
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Dolomite

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    89 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Isuzu Trooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,771 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 89, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Dolomite)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Dolomite)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Isuzu Trooper)

    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 199362A016693 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.