A465 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 3 November 2000 at 17:00 involving a Volvo S40

A Volvo S40 hit a pedestrian on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil at 17:00 on Friday 3 November 2000. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 3 Nov 2000; Friday, 17:00
Vehicles: 1; Volvo S40
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2000620026146
Council area: Merthyr Tydfil
Police force: South Wales
Police attended the scene: Yes

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 465
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

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, no street lighting
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards: Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Volvo S40
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Hit object in carriageway
Other object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
43 years
Engine capacity
1,783 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
1 year

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo S40)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's offside

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 2000620026146 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 2000.