A470 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 20 December 2012 at 19:08 involving a car
A car crashed on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 19:08 on Thursday 20 December 2012. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2012
- Thursday, 19:08
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60853, longitude -3.33014, in the CF37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontypridd. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trallwng, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF37 4RB 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
- 2012621201644
- 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
- 470
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 14 March 1998
22 m awayRef 199862B010998
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 July 2019
35 m awayRef 2019621901083
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 March 2003
36 m awayRef 2003620081995
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 November 2003
45 m awayRef 2003620097188
Serious
Land Rover Defender crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 September 2001
50 m awayRef 2001620045469
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 February 1998
64 m awayRef 199862B014698
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2012621201644 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.