A4059 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 14 February 2004 at 15:40 involving a Volkswagen Lupo
A Volkswagen Lupo and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 15:40 on Saturday 14 February 2004. The 51-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Lupo and the 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Feb 2004
- Saturday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Lupo and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70792, longitude -3.43465, in the CF44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF44 6UE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004620104322
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 4059
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 8 June 2007.
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 June 2007
10 m awayRef 2007620167311
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 November 2016
19 m awayRef 2016621601952
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 February 2005
22 m awayRef 2005620127168
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 March 2003
41 m awayRef 2003620080082
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 September 2025
56 m awayRef 2025622500654
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 March 2017
64 m awayRef 2017621700430
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2004620104322 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 2004.