A468 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 17 April 2008 at 11:00 involving a Peugeot 206
A car and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 11:00 on Thursday 17 April 2008. The 50-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2008
- Thursday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56272, longitude -3.26128, in the CF15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nantgarw. It is one of the crashes that make up the Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF15 7SN 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
- 2008620178392
- 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
- 468
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 2016.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 4 May 2016
19 m awayRef 2016621600758
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 15 September 2001
20 m awayRef 2001620045674
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 March 1998
22 m awayRef 199862B010598
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 July 1993
22 m awayRef 199362B015093
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 July 1996
22 m awayRef 199662B031296
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 June 1993
30 m awayRef 199362B013393
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
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 2008620178392 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.