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Serious A4054 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 3 March 2008 at 20:33 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery hit a pedestrian on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 20:33 on Monday 3 March 2008. A 47-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Mar 2008
Monday, 20:33
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60791, longitude -3.32968, in the CF37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontypridd. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trallwng, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF37 4RB 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
2008620177131
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
4054
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, no street lighting
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2008620177131 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.