A470 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 20 December 2005 at 17:13 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a car were involved in a crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil at 17:13 on Tuesday 20 December 2005. The 21-year-old male driver of the car and a 24-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2005
- Tuesday, 17:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74948, longitude -3.39599, 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
- 2005620144036
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 470
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2004.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 January 2004
10 m awayRef 2004620100303
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 26 November 2013
28 m awayRef 2013621302190
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 29 June 2005
36 m awayRef 2005620133665
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil, 9 May 1991
42 m awayRef 1991620A01710
Slight
Car crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil, 23 June 1989
42 m awayRef 1989620A09930
Serious
Leyland Cars Princess crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 25 July 1990
42 m awayRef 1990620A02810
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2005620144036 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 2005.