B4595 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 18 March 2017 at 07:53 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the B4595 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 07:53 on Saturday 18 March 2017. The 21-year-old male driver 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
- 18 Mar 2017
- Saturday, 07:53
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5564, longitude -3.34355, in the CF38 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beddau and Tyn-y-nant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF38 2SD 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
- 2017621700452
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 4595
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 September 2021.
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the B4595 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 September 2021
4 m awayRef 2021622100714
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 March 2001
9 m awayRef 2001620032915
Serious
Car crash on the B4595 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 March 1979
57 m awayRef 1979620B01570
Slight
Car crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 4 April 1989
107 m awayRef 1989620B07550
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 23 August 1991
115 m awayRef 1991620B05070
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 May 1997
122 m awayRef 199762B025397
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017621700452 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 2017.