Serious A4061 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 16 June 2006 at 22:24 involving a Citroen C4
A motorcycle and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 22:24 on Friday 16 June 2006. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 29-year-old male pedestrian hit by the motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jun 2006
- Friday, 22:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Citroen C4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66587, longitude -3.51835, in the CF42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Treorchy. It is one of the crashes that make up the Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF42 6EB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006620153379
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2005.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 June 2005
14 m awayRef 2005620134803
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 22 May 2006
30 m awayRef 2006620151984
Slight
Bus crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 February 1980
41 m awayRef 1980620B00890
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 25 February 1982
41 m awayRef 1982620B00930
Slight
Bus crash on the B4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 July 1980
41 m awayRef 1980620B04060
Serious
Car crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 August 1979
41 m awayRef 1979620B05260
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2006620153379 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.