A4119 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 7 December 2001 at 13:30 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry hit a pedestrian on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 13:30 on Friday 7 December 2001. A 23-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
- 7 Dec 2001
- Friday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63214, longitude -3.45509, in the CF40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhondda. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llwyn-y-pia, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF40 2TL 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
- 2001620051310
- 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
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1982.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 29 August 1982
10 m awayRef 1982620B04830
Slight
Car crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 February 1984
10 m awayRef 1984620B03040
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 October 1979
10 m awayRef 1979620B06170
Slight
Car crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 January 1979
10 m awayRef 1979620B00110
Slight
Van crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 12 April 1985
10 m awayRef 1985620B06760
Slight
Car crash on the B4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 5 April 1985
10 m awayRef 1985620B06360
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,946 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 2001620051310 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.