A4223 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 5 April 2017 at 18:16 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 18:16 on Wednesday 5 April 2017. The 16-year-old female cyclist was 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
- 5 Apr 2017
- Wednesday, 18:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60513, longitude -3.33975, in the CF37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontypridd. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontypridd Town, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF37 4SU 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
- 2017621700568
- 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
- 4223
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 1991.
Slight
Leyland crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 June 1991
5 m awayRef 1991620B03290
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 June 1995
5 m awayRef 199562B027895
Serious
Ford KA crash on the B4273 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 March 2003
5 m awayRef 2003620082002
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 August 1999
5 m awayRef 199962B037599
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 1 June 2004
5 m awayRef 2004620112963
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 March 2002
9 m awayRef 2002620057722
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 16, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017621700568 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.