Unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF39 on 21 June 2008 at 21:30 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 21:30 on Saturday 21 June 2008. A 94-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 and an 81-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jun 2008
- Saturday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58379, longitude -3.43059, in the CF39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tonyrefail. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tonyrefail East, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF39 8AA 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
- 2008620180774
- 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
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 1999.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 July 1999
At the same spotRef 199962B033899
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 May 1999
At the same spotRef 199962B023399
Slight
Iveco crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 May 2002
At the same spotRef 2002620062513
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 September 2019
5 m awayRef 2019621901190
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 March 2017
7 m awayRef 2017621700449
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 June 2015
8 m awayRef 2015621500922
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 94, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2008620180774 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.