Unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF45 on 17 July 2008 at 13:31 involving a Suzuki Liana
A Suzuki Liana, a Volvo S80 and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 13:31 on Thursday 17 July 2008. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Liana was 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
- 17 Jul 2008
- Thursday, 13:31
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki Liana and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64552, longitude -3.3276, in the CF45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abercynon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF45 4SH 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
- 2008620181546
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2021.
Slight
Renault Kadjar crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 June 2021
27 m awayRef 2021622100423
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 May 2005
28 m awayRef 2005620132703
Slight
Daewoo Nexia crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 28 September 2004
36 m awayRef 2004620119925
Slight
Car crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 25 March 1982
45 m awayRef 1982620B01470
Serious
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 28 April 1979
45 m awayRef 1979620B02280
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 June 2021
58 m awayRef 2021622100496
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Liana
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo S80
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Liana)
- 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 2008620181546 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.