Serious A4059 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 15 May 2017 at 08:31 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 08:31 on Monday 15 May 2017. The 30-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 54-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 May 2017
- Monday, 08:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6514, longitude -3.32019, in the CF45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abercynon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF45 4EW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621700766
- 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
- 4059
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 1995.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 August 1995
20 m awayRef 199562A023295
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 November 1995
23 m awayRef 199562A028795
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 20 January 1999
30 m awayRef 199962B003999
Slight
Zastava Yugo crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 April 1993
48 m awayRef 199362A011193
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 July 2018
49 m awayRef 2018621800847
Serious
Bedford crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 28 July 2002
51 m awayRef 2002620067204
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017621700766 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.