A4054 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 5 September 2014 at 13:51 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 13:51 on Friday 5 September 2014. The 21-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2014
- Friday, 13:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56939, longitude -3.28683, in the CF37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontypridd. It is one of the crashes that make up the Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF15 7QU 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
- 2014621401676
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 2023.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 May 2023
3 m awayRef 2023622300457
Slight
Leyland DAF FT 85 crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 25 April 2002
4 m awayRef 2002620059303
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 November 2003
4 m awayRef 2003620095815
Fatal
Peugeot 206 crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 September 2004
4 m awayRef 2004620116108
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 December 2000
4 m awayRef 2000620030848
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 December 2014
7 m awayRef 2014621402355
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2014621401676 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.