A4054 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 1 May 2016 at 21:28 involving a Hyundai Getz
A Hyundai Getz hit a pedestrian on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil at 21:28 on Sunday 1 May 2016. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2016
- Sunday, 21:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Hyundai Getz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75998, longitude -3.39841, in the CF48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 2RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016621600813
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4054
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2004.
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 14 September 2004
18 m awayRef 2004620116981
Serious
Citroen C1 crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 19 January 2011
25 m awayRef 2011620206342
Slight
Renault 18 crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 24 March 2000
36 m awayRef 2000620012405
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 1 March 2001
36 m awayRef 2001620032486
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 5 April 2004
43 m awayRef 2004620108170
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 February 2012
53 m awayRef 2012620215770
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Getz
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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,341 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Getz)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- 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 2016621600813 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.