A465 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 12 November 2015 at 16:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil at 16:50 on Thursday 12 November 2015. A 19-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Nov 2015
- Thursday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76784, longitude -3.38652, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015621501971
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with 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, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 1 December 1998.
Fatal
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 1 December 1998
10 m awayRef 199862A018098
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 January 2008
13 m awayRef 2008620175049
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 30 April 1987
20 m awayRef 1987620A05770
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 11 February 2008
41 m awayRef 2008620176207
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 19 February 1998
46 m awayRef 199862A004498
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 January 2004
48 m awayRef 2004620100412
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2015621501971 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 2015.