B4223 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 5 April 2014 at 22:55 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 22:55 on Saturday 5 April 2014. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Apr 2014
- Saturday, 22:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64282, longitude -3.47007, in the CF41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhondda. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF41 7NQ 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
- 2014621400637
- Council area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4223
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the B4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 5 September 2015
3 m awayRef 2015621501545
Slight
Toyota Starlet crash on the B4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 18 April 2007
3 m awayRef 2007620166880
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the B4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 February 2025
4 m awayRef 2025622500159
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 June 2022
6 m awayRef 2022622200457
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the B4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 April 2016
7 m awayRef 2016621600630
Serious
Piaggio X9 crash on the B4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 August 2003
7 m awayRef 2003620091353
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2014621400637 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 2014.