A4061 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 28 October 2016 at 07:39 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a Honda Civic and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 07:39 on Friday 28 October 2016. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Oct 2016
- Friday, 07:39
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66674, longitude -3.52104, in the CF42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Treorchy. It is one of the crashes that make up the Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF42 6EB 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
- 2016621601922
- 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
- 4061
- 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
- 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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2010.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 November 2010
17 m awayRef 2010620204967
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 March 2012
17 m awayRef 2012620215302
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 5 March 2011
17 m awayRef 2011620207820
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 23 October 2010
17 m awayRef 2010620204621
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 November 2010
17 m awayRef 2010620205142
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A4061 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 February 2016
31 m awayRef 2016621600381
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2016621601922 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.