B4275 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 6 October 2012 at 15:52 involving a Vauxhall Meriva
A Vauxhall Meriva hit a pedestrian on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 15:52 on Saturday 6 October 2012. A 22-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Oct 2012
- Saturday, 15:52
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Meriva
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71302, longitude -3.44408, in the CF44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdare. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberdare East, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF44 7AB 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
- 2012621201082
- 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
- 4275
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 1993.
Slight
Triumph Acclaim crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 September 1993
At the same spotRef 199362A025793
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 25 January 2008
10 m awayRef 2008620175430
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 February 2007
10 m awayRef 2007620163972
Slight
Car crash on the A4224 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 4 August 1989
10 m awayRef 1989620B17620
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 December 2004
10 m awayRef 2004620124033
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 June 1996
14 m awayRef 199662B020396
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2012621201082 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 2012.