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Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF48 on 16 April 2004 at 14:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 14:30 on Friday 16 April 2004. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 4-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Apr 2004
Friday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76705, longitude -3.33899, in the CF48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dowlais and Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 3PT area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004620108065
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Road surface
Dry

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2004620108065 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.