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B4277 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 29 January 1998 at 22:00 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 22:00 on Thursday 29 January 1998. The 65-year-old male driver and a 68-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 1998
Thursday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63635, longitude -3.43105, in the CF43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tylorstown and Pontygwaith.

Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199862B008798
Council area
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Police force
South Wales
Highway authority
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4277
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4233

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199862B008798 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 1998.