A4223 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 6 August 2010 at 05:49 involving a Mitsubishi Colt
A Mitsubishi Colt and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 05:49 on Friday 6 August 2010. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Colt, the 25-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and a 29-year-old male passenger in the Mitsubishi Colt were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Aug 2010
- Friday, 05:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Colt and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60035, longitude -3.42202, in the CF39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Porth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cymer, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF39 9YS 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
- 2010620202632
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 4223
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2017.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 August 2017
2 m awayRef 2017621701270
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 August 2018
2 m awayRef 2018621801122
Slight
Ford B-Max crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 May 2016
4 m awayRef 2016621600762
Fatal
Triumph Bonneville crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 May 2020
5 m awayRef 2020622000455
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 29 December 2002
10 m awayRef 2002620078593
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 15 November 2000
10 m awayRef 2000620026067
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Colt)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Colt)
- 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 2010620202632 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.