A4119 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 31 August 2016 at 17:53 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a Vauxhall Mokka were involved in a crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 17:53 on Wednesday 31 August 2016. A 71-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2016
- Wednesday, 17:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and Vauxhall Mokka
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61938, longitude -3.45753, in the CF40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tonypandy. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF40 1QG 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
- 2016621601415
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 4119
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2018.
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 November 2018
21 m awayRef 2018621900124
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 1 August 2014
33 m awayRef 2014621401420
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 15 December 2003
36 m awayRef 2003620100923
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 May 1995
43 m awayRef 199562P010995
Slight
Car crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 29 August 1992
60 m awayRef 1992620P01700
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 November 2018
85 m awayRef 2018621801420
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016621601415 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.