A4061 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 5 March 2013 at 06:45 involving a Renault Kangoo van
A Renault Kangoo van and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 06:45 on Tuesday 5 March 2013. The 28-year-old male driver of the Renault Kangoo van, the 65-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 43-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Mar 2013
- Tuesday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Kangoo and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67559, longitude -3.53863, in the CF42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Treherbert. It is one of the crashes that make up the Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF42 5PS 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
- 2013621300407
- 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
- 4061
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2020.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 June 2020
9 m awayRef 2020622000530
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 November 2005
14 m awayRef 2005620142893
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 August 2001
30 m awayRef 2001620043558
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 September 2014
32 m awayRef 2014621401794
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 January 1990
50 m awayRef 1990620B00290
Serious
Renault crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 December 2005
51 m awayRef 2005620145171
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kangoo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Kangoo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2013621300407 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 2013.