B4276 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 17 January 2011 at 17:10 involving a Mercedes Sprinter lorry
A Mercedes Sprinter lorry and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4276 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 17:10 on Monday 17 January 2011. The 37-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2011
- Monday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73565, longitude -3.46131, in the CF44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdare.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011620206411
- 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
- 4276
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 January 2010.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4276 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 January 2010
At the same spotRef 2010620206274
Serious
Car crash on the B4276 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 March 1987
22 m awayRef 1987620B06940
Slight
Car crash on the B4276 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 November 1984
22 m awayRef 1984620B23330
Slight
Car crash on the B4276 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 March 1985
22 m awayRef 1985620B04960
Slight
Car crash on the B4276 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 February 1983
22 m awayRef 1983620B03680
Slight
Vespa (Douglas) crash on the B4276 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 15 May 1997
28 m awayRef 199762B031297
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2011620206411 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 2011.