B4255 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 16 May 2016 at 17:16 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two Ford Fiestas were involved in a crash on the B4255 in Merthyr Tydfil at 17:16 on Monday 16 May 2016. The 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 71-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2016
- Monday, 17:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66808, longitude -3.2973, in the CF46 postcode district and within the built-up area of Trelewis. It is one of the crashes that make up the Treharris, Merthyr Tydfil, CF46 5LF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016621600821
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4255
- 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
- Dry
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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 1991.
Slight
Renault 18 crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 31 October 1991
21 m awayRef 1991620A03770
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 6 August 2011
62 m awayRef 2011620210915
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 September 2002
66 m awayRef 2002620067002
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the B4255 in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 February 2002
68 m awayRef 2002620054239
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4255 in Merthyr Tydfil, 3 December 1999
71 m awayRef 1999620005159
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 31 March 1996
72 m awayRef 199662A009696
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016621600821 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.