B4278 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 17 May 2010 at 14:13 involving a Volvo van
A Volvo van and a Hyundai Accent were involved in a crash on the B4278 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 14:13 on Monday 17 May 2010. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai Accent 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 May 2010
- Monday, 14:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Hyundai Accent
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60995, longitude -3.40195, in the CF39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Porth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF39 9PL 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
- 2010620200508
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 4278
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1993.
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 April 1993
10 m awayRef 199362P005493
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4225 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 17 July 1996
10 m awayRef 199662B034396
Slight
Car crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 July 2003
14 m awayRef 2003620091055
Slight
Car crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 December 1992
20 m awayRef 1992620P02290
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4225 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 November 1999
22 m awayRef 199962B050799
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A4225 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 March 1999
22 m awayRef 199962B012999
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Accent
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Accent)
- 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 2010620200508 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 2010.