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Unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF44 on 9 January 2009 at 11:10 involving an Optare Solo bus

An Optare Solo bus crashed on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 11:10 on Friday 9 January 2009. A 71-year-old male passenger and a 58-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jan 2009
Friday, 11:10
Vehicles
1
Optare Solo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73728, longitude -3.51046, in the CF44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdare. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hirwaun, Penderyn and Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF44 9PY 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
2009620186046
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Solo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Solo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare Solo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 2009620186046 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 2009.