Serious A4223 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 2 February 2002 at 13:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the A4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 13:15 on Saturday 2 February 2002. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Feb 2002
- Saturday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60362, longitude -3.33562, in the CF37 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontypridd Town, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF37 4SU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002620052921
- 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
- 4223
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 470
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 August 2006.
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 25 August 2006
At the same spotRef 2006620158521
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 4 August 2000
At the same spotRef 2000620020066
Fatal
Audi A6 crash on the A4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 15 November 2005
At the same spotRef 2005620141782
Slight
Rover Sterling crash on the A4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 January 2003
At the same spotRef 2003620079038
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 January 2001
At the same spotRef 2001620030142
Fatal
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 18 November 2005
At the same spotRef 2005620141933
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2002620052921 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 2002.