A4102 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 18 May 2001 at 20:50 involving a Chrysler Neon
A Chrysler Neon hit a pedestrian on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil at 20:50 on Friday 18 May 2001. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 2001
- Friday, 20:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Chrysler Neon
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75714, longitude -3.36406, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9YJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001620041484
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4102
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2008.
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Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 16 August 2000
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Serious
BMW 2 Series crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 November 2025
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Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 14 May 1999
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Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil, 17 March 1994
10 m awayRef 199462A007294
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 9 May 1994
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Chrysler Neon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Chrysler Neon)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2001620041484 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 2001.