A4233 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 10 October 2016 at 18:54 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van hit a pedestrian on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 18:54 on Monday 10 October 2016. An 8-year-old female 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
- 10 Oct 2016
- Monday, 18:54
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Transit Connect
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65717, longitude -3.44492, in the CF43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ferndale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ferndale and Maerdy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF43 4RT 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
- 2016621601670
- 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
- 4233
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 1997.
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 July 1997
10 m awayRef 199762B033197
Serious
Kia Sportage crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 1 July 2025
27 m awayRef 2025622500452
Slight
Bedford crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 22 June 1997
28 m awayRef 199762B032497
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 17 March 1995
28 m awayRef 199562P005695
Slight
Car crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 July 2011
30 m awayRef 2011620212596
Serious
Rover Mini crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 15 June 2005
31 m awayRef 2005620133878
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- 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 2016621601670 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.