A4224 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 31 January 1999 at 17:20 involving an Austin Ambassador
An Austin Ambassador hit a pedestrian on the A4224 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 17:20 on Sunday 31 January 1999. A 13-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 1999
- Sunday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Austin Ambassador
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68516, longitude -3.38345, in the CF45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mountain Ash.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199962B006499
- 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
- 4224
- 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 lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Serious
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Austin Ambassador
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Ambassador)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
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 199962B006499 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 1999.