A4054 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 13 May 2011 at 16:15 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Rover 25 were involved in a crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil at 16:15 on Friday 13 May 2011. The 29-year-old female driver of the Rover 25 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 May 2011
- Friday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Rover 25
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68741, longitude -3.33693, in the CF48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Merthyr Vale, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 4NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011620209003
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4054
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 2011.
Slight
MG ZR crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 26 August 2011
14 m awayRef 2011620210942
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 11 April 1982
22 m awayRef 1982620A01410
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 9 August 1981
22 m awayRef 1981620A03380
Serious
Bus crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 4 September 1990
22 m awayRef 1990620A03270
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 27 September 1992
22 m awayRef 1992620A02750
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 17 September 1985
22 m awayRef 1985620A11970
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 25)
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 2011620209003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merthyr Tydfil road accident statistics for 2011.