A4054 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 21 December 2000 at 18:40 involving a Rover 800 Series
A Rover 800 Series hit a pedestrian on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil at 18:40 on Thursday 21 December 2000. A 31-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
- 21 Dec 2000
- Thursday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Rover 800 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68319, longitude -3.33579, in the CF48 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000620027216
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4054
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2008.
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 19 March 2008
10 m awayRef 2008620177455
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 15 September 1980
54 m awayRef 1980620A03910
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 30 March 1993
54 m awayRef 199362A007593
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 18 October 1992
54 m awayRef 1992620A02870
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 16 July 1985
54 m awayRef 1985620A08780
Serious
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 20 September 1980
54 m awayRef 1980620A04010
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 800 Series)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 2000620027216 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.