A465 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 6 June 2013 at 08:18 involving a Peugeot 107
A Peugeot 107, a Citroen C4 and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil at 08:18 on Thursday 6 June 2013. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jun 2013
- Thursday, 08:18
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 107 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76837, longitude -3.38034, in the CF47 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013621300957
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 465
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2024.
Slight
MAN crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 1 November 2024
20 m awayRef 2024622400759
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 18 November 1992
22 m awayRef 1992620A03190
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 6 June 2013
58 m awayRef 2013621300939
Slight
Aprilia crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 29 June 2001
60 m awayRef 2001620039314
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 29 July 1984
71 m awayRef 1984620A10260
Slight
Car crash on the A4065 in Merthyr Tydfil, 18 September 1981
71 m awayRef 1981620A04100
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
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 2013621300957 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 2013.