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Serious unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF72 on 11 July 2003 at 17:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 17:10 on Friday 11 July 2003. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jul 2003
Friday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53744, longitude -3.3742, in the CF72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Llantrisant. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llantrisant and Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 8RD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003620090065
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
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, 117 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2003620090065 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 2003.