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Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF48 on 30 November 2002 at 14:40 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 14:40 on Saturday 30 November 2002. A 73-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 2002
Saturday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74493, longitude -3.38585, in the CF48 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
2002620072453
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2002620072453 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.