A465 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 28 April 2009 at 07:05 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a car were involved in a crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil at 07:05 on Tuesday 28 April 2009. The 30-year-old male driver of the car and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 106 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 2009
- Tuesday, 07:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.767, longitude -3.36682, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9YJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009620189496
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 465
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 September 2006.
Serious
Seat Leon crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 September 2006
At the same spotRef 2006620156820
Slight
Car crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 12 July 1999
At the same spotRef 199962A012999
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 5 November 1994
At the same spotRef 199462A030994
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 24 February 2025
8 m awayRef 2025622500158
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 31 December 2021
10 m awayRef 2021622200009
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 19 April 2013
14 m awayRef 2013621300680
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- 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 2009620189496 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 2009.