Unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF44 on 23 December 2007 at 09:47 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 09:47 on Sunday 23 December 2007. A 29-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2007
- Sunday, 09:47
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71582, longitude -3.44301, in the CF44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdare. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberdare East, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF44 7AB 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
- 2007620174615
- 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
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1982.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 5 March 1982
14 m awayRef 1982620B01080
Slight
Volkswagen T-Cross crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 25 April 2025
100 m awayRef 2025622500329
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 23 May 1988
114 m awayRef 1988620B11940
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 December 1996
130 m awayRef 199662B065196
Slight
Car crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 October 1989
132 m awayRef 1989620B25690
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 October 1995
140 m awayRef 199562A028095
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
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 2007620174615 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.