Unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF48 on 1 February 2016 at 07:56 involving a van
A van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 07:56 on Monday 1 February 2016. A 29-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2016
- Monday, 07:56
- Vehicles
- 1
- Van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7633, longitude -3.35655, in the CF48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9YJ 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
- 2016621600316
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2016.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 June 2016
1 m awayRef 2016621601019
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 15 February 1999
5 m awayRef 199962A003399
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 April 2005
19 m awayRef 2005620129824
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 March 1996
37 m awayRef 199662A006896
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 8 December 1993
65 m awayRef 199362A028993
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 15 November 2001
66 m awayRef 2001620049785
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2016621600316 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 2016.