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Fatal unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF48 on 27 September 2008 at 17:30 involving a Vauxhall Movano

A Vauxhall Movano hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 17:30 on Saturday 27 September 2008. A 14-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Sep 2008
Saturday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Movano
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68519, longitude -3.34178, in the CF48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Merthyr Vale, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 4NT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008620182885
Council area
Merthyr Tydfil
Police force
South Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Movano

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Movano)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 2008620182885 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.