A465 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 19 February 2016 at 15:49 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Renault Trafic van and a car were involved in a crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil at 15:49 on Friday 19 February 2016. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Feb 2016
- Friday, 15:49
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76604, longitude -3.3424, in the CF48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dowlais and Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 3PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016621600427
- 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
- Rural
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 2016.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 16 October 2016
8 m awayRef 2016621601711
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 23 August 2017
11 m awayRef 2017621701284
Serious
Daewoo Matiz crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 July 2010
17 m awayRef 2010620201809
Slight
Audi A8 crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 8 October 2016
38 m awayRef 2016621601657
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 4 February 2014
42 m awayRef 2014621400092
Serious
Freight Rover crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 15 October 1991
56 m awayRef 1991620A03570
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2016621600427 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 2016.