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Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF47 on 10 January 2004 at 01:50 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 01:50 on Saturday 10 January 2004. The 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jan 2004
Saturday, 01:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76759, longitude -3.38596, in the CF47 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9EA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004620100412
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 2004620100412 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 2004.