Unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF43 on 4 July 2013 at 19:09 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 19:09 on Thursday 4 July 2013. A 4-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jul 2013
- Thursday, 19:09
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66785, longitude -3.47605, in the CF43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maerdy. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ferndale and Maerdy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF43 4BH 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
- 2013621301186
- 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
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Dry
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2002.
Slight
Honda crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 5 August 2002
10 m awayRef 2002620067215
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 20 July 1982
20 m awayRef 1982620B03950
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 July 2003
36 m awayRef 2003620090831
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 March 2011
51 m awayRef 2011620207479
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 July 1990
58 m awayRef 1990620B04420
Serious
Car crash on the B4277 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 April 1982
80 m awayRef 1982620B02090
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 2013621301186 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.