A4119 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 7 March 2001 at 14:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 14:05 on Wednesday 7 March 2001. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Mar 2001
- Wednesday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Toyota Carina
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53676, longitude -3.37836, in the CF72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Talbot Green. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llantrisant and Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 8RD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001620032957
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 November 2016
5 m awayRef 2016621602012
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 October 1999
10 m awayRef 199962B046899
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 17 March 1996
10 m awayRef 199662B007696
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 14 April 2001
10 m awayRef 2001620035203
Slight
Renault Modus crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 14 November 2007
10 m awayRef 2007620173059
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 September 1982
10 m awayRef 1982620B05170
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2001620032957 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.