A4061 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 8 November 2005 at 21:55 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 21:55 on Tuesday 8 November 2005. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Nov 2005
- Tuesday, 21:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6755, longitude -3.53849, in the CF42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Treherbert. It is one of the crashes that make up the Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF42 5PS 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
- 2005620142893
- 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
- 4061
- 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 2013.
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 5 March 2013
14 m awayRef 2013621300407
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 June 2020
21 m awayRef 2020622000530
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 January 1990
36 m awayRef 1990620B00290
Serious
Renault crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 December 2005
40 m awayRef 2005620145171
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 August 2001
41 m awayRef 2001620043558
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 September 2014
46 m awayRef 2014621401794
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 2005620142893 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 2005.