Unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF72 on 26 August 2014 at 11:00 involving a Skoda Roomster
A Skoda Roomster and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 11:00 on Tuesday 26 August 2014. The 68-year-old male driver of the Skoda Roomster 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
- 26 Aug 2014
- Tuesday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Roomster and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53041, longitude -3.39849, in the CF72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontyclun. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontyclun Central, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 9UB 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
- 2014621401579
- 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
- Urban
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 December 2000
11 m awayRef 2000620027779
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 April 1997
32 m awayRef 199762B017897
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 October 2002
32 m awayRef 2002620073059
Serious
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 July 1988
61 m awayRef 1988620B16140
Serious
Car crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 14 December 1979
90 m awayRef 1979620B07890
Slight
Car crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 April 1987
90 m awayRef 1987620B09010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Roomster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Roomster)
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 2014621401579 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.