Serious A4054 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 25 July 2014 at 22:44 involving a Toyota Avensis taxi
A Toyota Avensis taxi hit a pedestrian on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil at 22:44 on Friday 25 July 2014. A 65-year-old male pedestrian was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jul 2014
- Friday, 22:44
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74377, longitude -3.38075, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Town, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014621401381
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4054
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 November 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 24 November 1987
5 m awayRef 1987620A16400
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 17 May 1996
11 m awayRef 199662A012996
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 November 2001
15 m awayRef 2001620049036
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 15 January 2002
18 m awayRef 2002620053375
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 30 November 1989
34 m awayRef 1989620A19490
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 30 March 1992
34 m awayRef 1992620A00920
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2014621401381 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.