A4060 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 18 June 2003 at 16:25 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera, a Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil at 16:25 on Wednesday 18 June 2003. The 56-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jun 2003
- Wednesday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Primera and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7196, longitude -3.36003, in the CF48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plymouth, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 4BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003620087712
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4060
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2009.
Slight
Toyota Landcruiser crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 January 2009
14 m awayRef 2009620186214
Serious
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 2 July 1989
50 m awayRef 1989620A10440
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 22 December 2006
63 m awayRef 2006620161812
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 20 December 1996
104 m awayRef 199662A026696
Slight
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 21 October 2018
114 m awayRef 2018621801580
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 5 June 2003
117 m awayRef 2003620085502
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, 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 2003620087712 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 2003.