A4222 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 3 April 2011 at 12:15 involving a Mitsubishi Colt
A Mitsubishi Colt and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4222 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 12:15 on Sunday 3 April 2011. The 55-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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
- 3 Apr 2011
- Sunday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Colt and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52349, longitude -3.39036, in the CF72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontyclun. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontyclun Central, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 9UB 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
- 2011620208201
- 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
- 4222
- 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
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a fatal crash on 30 November 2019.
Fatal
Mitsubishi Asx crash on the A4222 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 November 2019
9 m awayRef 2019621901563
Slight
Bus crash on the A4222 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 15 August 1991
10 m awayRef 1991620B04820
Serious
Audi A5 crash on the A4222 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 January 2014
12 m awayRef 2014621400095
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4222 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 January 1997
14 m awayRef 199762B006397
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4222 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 18 September 1992
14 m awayRef 1992620B02530
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A4222 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 October 2009
20 m awayRef 2009620194752
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 55, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2011620208201 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.