B4275 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 6 February 2008 at 18:10 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 18:10 on Wednesday 6 February 2008. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2008
- Wednesday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69547, longitude -3.42384, in the CF44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF44 4DB 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
- 2008620176337
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 4275
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 December 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A4224 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 20 December 1980
10 m awayRef 1980620B07790
Slight
Mitsubishi Carisma crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 1 December 2013
10 m awayRef 2013621302166
Slight
Car crash on the A4224 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 1 March 1987
10 m awayRef 1987620B04620
Slight
Bedford Midi crash on the A4224 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 28 May 1992
10 m awayRef 1992620A01610
Slight
Bus crash on the A4224 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 May 1980
10 m awayRef 1980620B02790
Slight
MG ZR crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 December 2008
14 m awayRef 2008620185057
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2008620176337 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.