A4054 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 16 August 2013 at 15:25 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara and a Smart Forfour were involved in a crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 15:25 on Friday 16 August 2013. The 86-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Vitara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Aug 2013
- Friday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Vitara and Smart Forfour
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54268, longitude -3.26822, in the CF15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Taff's Well. It is one of the crashes that make up the Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF15 7JJ 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
- 2013621301451
- 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
- 4054
- Road type
- Single 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
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 November 1997.
Serious
Ford Granada crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 November 1997
22 m awayRef 199762B065197
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 22 December 2007
28 m awayRef 2007620174499
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 May 2002
32 m awayRef 2002620062508
Slight
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 May 1992
45 m awayRef 1992620B01170
Slight
Car crash on the A4054 in Cardiff, 20 October 1981
51 m awayRef 1981620B06510
Slight
Car crash on the A4054 in Cardiff, 15 April 1981
51 m awayRef 1981620B02380
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 86 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Smart Forfour
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,121 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
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 2013621301451 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.