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A465 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 8 January 1997 at 15:34 involving a Nissan Stanza

A Nissan Stanza and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil at 15:34 on Wednesday 8 January 1997. The 52-year-old female driver of the Nissan Stanza was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 1997
Wednesday, 15:34
Vehicles
2
Nissan Stanza and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75543, longitude -3.44307, in the CF44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199762A001097
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
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4276

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 14 June 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Stanza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Stanza)

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 199762A001097 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 1997.