A4119 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 13 May 2011 at 22:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 22:30 on Friday 13 May 2011. The 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 May 2011
- Friday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52371, longitude -3.36384, in the CF72 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontyclun East, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 8PN 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
- 2011620208790
- 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
- 4119
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4264
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2003.
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B4264 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 18 July 2003
At the same spotRef 2003620090176
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 April 2008
14 m awayRef 2008620178171
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 18 March 2007
14 m awayRef 2007620164552
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 February 2001
20 m awayRef 2001620030385
Slight
Renault Espace crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 January 2004
20 m awayRef 2004620103462
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 November 1992
20 m awayRef 1992620B02770
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2011620208790 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.