A4058 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 26 December 1998 at 12:05 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
Six vehicles, including two Vauxhall Cavaliers and two Ford Escorts, were involved in a crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 12:05 on Saturday 26 December 1998. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 57-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 1998
- Saturday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 6
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 5 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6438, longitude -3.46105, in the CF41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhondda.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199862B063298
- Council area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Police force
- South Wales
- Highway authority
- Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4058
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 August 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 August 1984
At the same spotRef 1984620B16530
Slight
Van crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 April 1979
At the same spotRef 1979620B03530
Slight
Car crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 June 1985
At the same spotRef 1985620B11340
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 October 1990
22 m awayRef 1990620B06470
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 August 2014
22 m awayRef 2014621401516
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 December 1996
22 m awayRef 199662B066996
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Volvo 460
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 5: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 6: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 199862B063298 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.