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A4119 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 29 January 2001 at 07:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 07:30 on Monday 29 January 2001. The 55-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 2001
Monday, 07:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5433, longitude -3.38794, in the CF72 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llantrisant and Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 8EJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001620030004
Council area
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4119
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 2001620030004 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 2001.