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Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF48 on 16 October 2004 at 01:15 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series crashed on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 01:15 on Saturday 16 October 2004. The 23-year-old male driver, a 23-year-old male passenger and a 24-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 2004
Saturday, 01:15
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7463, longitude -3.39922, in the CF48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1HY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004620118807
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
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
Dark, lighting unknown
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
25%
Estimated chance it was slight
75%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    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 2004620118807 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.