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Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF47 on 15 February 2004 at 19:00 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 19:00 on Sunday 15 February 2004. The 36-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 2004
Sunday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Citroen Saxo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76037, longitude -3.37212, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9YJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004620103745
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    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 2004620103745 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.