A470 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 19 January 2007 at 06:59 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 06:59 on Friday 19 January 2007. The 22-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jan 2007
- Friday, 06:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 400 Series and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60326, longitude -3.33561, in the CF37 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontypridd Town, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF37 4SU 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
- 2007620163186
- 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
- 470
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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 11 July 2004.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 July 2004
10 m awayRef 2004620113873
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 March 1991
14 m awayRef 1991620B01300
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 February 1996
20 m awayRef 199662B003396
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 December 1991
20 m awayRef 1991620B06210
Slight
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 October 1988
22 m awayRef 1988620B23650
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 August 1998
22 m awayRef 199862B042098
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2007620163186 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 2007.