A473 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 26 October 2012 at 17:08 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206, a Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 17:08 on Friday 26 October 2012. The 18-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 and the 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2012
- Friday, 17:08
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 206 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53185, longitude -3.39826, 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
- 2012621201293
- 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
- 473
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2019.
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 August 2019
4 m awayRef 2019621901059
Slight
Car crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 20 May 1988
10 m awayRef 1988620B11690
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 November 2013
10 m awayRef 2013621302191
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 23 March 2005
14 m awayRef 2005620129458
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 August 2011
14 m awayRef 2011620210546
Slight
Mercedes ML Class crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 June 2009
14 m awayRef 2009620190692
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2012621201293 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.