A465 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 10 March 2004 at 09:21 involving a Ford Transit van
Four vehicles, including a vehicle and a Ford Transit van, were involved in a crash on the A465 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 09:21 on Wednesday 10 March 2004. All four casualties 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
- 10 Mar 2004
- Wednesday, 09:21
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Transit and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73891, longitude -3.48835, in the CF44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pen-y-waun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF44 9ES 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
- 2004620107626
- 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
- 465
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 2006.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A465 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 29 May 2006
At the same spotRef 2006620152768
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A465 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 15 October 1983
36 m awayRef 1983620B20610
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A465 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 May 2019
45 m awayRef 2019621900646
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 July 1996
54 m awayRef 199662B033296
Slight
Honda Accord crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 September 2004
71 m awayRef 2004620118040
Serious
Bus crash on the A465 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 February 1981
73 m awayRef 198162B008100
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen 1000
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen 1000)
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 307)
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 2004620107626 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.