A4102 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 16 January 2002 at 10:45 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil at 10:45 on Wednesday 16 January 2002. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort 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
- 16 Jan 2002
- Wednesday, 10:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75239, longitude -3.38564, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002620051401
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 1999.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 May 1999
14 m awayRef 199962A007799
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil, 19 November 2023
23 m awayRef 2023622301004
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 11 December 1983
54 m awayRef 1983620A18200
Slight
Car crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil, 15 September 1980
54 m awayRef 1980620A03920
Serious
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 8 June 2014
61 m awayRef 2014621401137
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 28 August 2020
71 m awayRef 2020622000766
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2002620051401 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 2002.