Fatal A465 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 27 May 2014 at 04:57 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series hit a pedestrian on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil at 04:57 on Tuesday 27 May 2014. A 48-year-old male pedestrian was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 27 May 2014
- Tuesday, 04:57
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76205, longitude -3.40818, in the CF48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 2RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014621400995
- 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
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2007.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 26 February 2007
8 m awayRef 2007620164178
Serious
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 3 November 1979
22 m awayRef 1979620A04560
Serious
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 14 September 1985
22 m awayRef 1985620A11790
Slight
Car crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 8 August 1979
22 m awayRef 1979620A03200
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 6 October 1990
22 m awayRef 1990620A03930
Slight
Bus crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 21 June 1986
22 m awayRef 1986620A09320
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2014621400995 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 2014.