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Serious A4058 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 26 August 1994 at 23:00 involving a Mitsubishi Lancer

A Mitsubishi Lancer hit two pedestrians on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 23:00 on Friday 26 August 1994. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 15-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Aug 1994
Friday, 23:00
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi Lancer
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61224, longitude -3.40935, in the CF39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Porth.

Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199462P017394
Council area
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4058
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Lancer

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Lancer)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Lancer)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199462P017394 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rhondda Cynon Taf road accident statistics for 1994.