A4058 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 8 January 2008 at 11:35 involving a car
A car hit two pedestrians on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 11:35 on Tuesday 8 January 2008. A 61-year-old female pedestrian and a 65-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 2008
- Tuesday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59986, longitude -3.34158, in the CF37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontypridd. 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
- 2008620175082
- 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
- 4058
- 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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2013.
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 October 2013
At the same spotRef 2013621301945
Slight
Renault crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 October 2008
At the same spotRef 2008620183169
Slight
Car crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 20 December 2015
7 m awayRef 2015621502199
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 April 2025
8 m awayRef 2025622500288
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 March 1994
10 m awayRef 199462B012694
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 25 February 1995
10 m awayRef 199562B005095
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
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 2008620175082 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 2008.