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A4054 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 28 December 1996 at 06:50 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil at 06:50 on Saturday 28 December 1996. The 27-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1996
Saturday, 06:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70815, longitude -3.343, in the CF48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Troedyrhiw and Pentrebach.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199662A027596
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
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199662A027596 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 1996.