A4102 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 22 June 2008 at 16:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil at 16:00 on Sunday 22 June 2008. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jun 2008
- Sunday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74624, longitude -3.38154, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Town, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008620180428
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4102
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2009.
Slight
Optare crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 22 May 2009
10 m awayRef 2009620190169
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil, 25 October 2003
10 m awayRef 2003620094732
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 16 December 2001
10 m awayRef 2001620050319
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 27 January 1999
14 m awayRef 199962A002199
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 June 1999
14 m awayRef 199962A008999
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil, 20 April 2002
14 m awayRef 2002620058562
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2008620180428 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merthyr Tydfil road accident statistics for 2008.