A4233 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 8 May 2006 at 01:12 involving a BMW 3 Series
A car and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 01:12 on Monday 8 May 2006. The 61-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2006
- Monday, 01:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60026, longitude -3.42216, in the CF39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Porth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cymer, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF39 9YS 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
- 2006620153095
- 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
- 4233
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2006.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 September 2006
At the same spotRef 2006620159282
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 July 1991
10 m awayRef 1991620B03870
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 March 2003
10 m awayRef 2003620082728
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 October 2002
10 m awayRef 2002620073126
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 September 1980
10 m awayRef 1980620B05500
Slight
Car crash on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 4 February 1983
10 m awayRef 1983620B02230
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2006620153095 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 2006.