Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF47 on 6 April 2016 at 14:48 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 14:48 on Wednesday 6 April 2016. The 32-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and a 4-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Apr 2016
- Wednesday, 14:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74598, longitude -3.37438, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Town, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016621600632
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1996.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 23 November 1996
20 m awayRef 199662A024496
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 30 June 2015
27 m awayRef 2015621501080
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 8 January 1991
50 m awayRef 1991620A00100
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 14 June 1986
50 m awayRef 1986620A08930
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 31 January 1992
54 m awayRef 1992620A00310
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 26 July 1998
70 m awayRef 199862A011198
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2016621600632 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.