Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF47 on 27 March 2002 at 16:10 involving an Alfa Romeo 164
An Alfa Romeo 164 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 16:10 on Wednesday 27 March 2002. The 35-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Mar 2002
- Wednesday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alfa Romeo 164 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74458, longitude -3.36933, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Town, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002620056934
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 2011.
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 September 2011
41 m awayRef 2011620211232
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 30 April 1998
71 m awayRef 199862A011298
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 3 June 1999
103 m awayRef 199962A010299
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 8 November 2003
108 m awayRef 2003620096097
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 17 June 2005
117 m awayRef 2005620133352
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 3 August 2004
153 m awayRef 2004620114156
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo 164
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,962 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2002620056934 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.