A4060 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 18 September 2011 at 11:35 involving a Kia Soul
A car, a Kia Soul and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil at 11:35 on Sunday 18 September 2011. The 31-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Sep 2011
- Sunday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Kia Soul and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76403, longitude -3.33586, in the CF48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dowlais and Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 3PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011620211573
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4060
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 465
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 9 March 2017
7 m awayRef 2017621700405
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 11 October 2018
8 m awayRef 2018621801235
Serious
Car crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 4 July 1980
14 m awayRef 1980620A02860
Slight
Triumph Bonneville crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 14 August 2021
17 m awayRef 2021622100623
Slight
Car crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 9 July 2015
18 m awayRef 2015621501756
Fatal
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A4060 in Merthyr Tydfil, 23 September 1999
20 m awayRef 199962A017099
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Kia Soul
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Micra)
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 2011620211573 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.