Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF47 on 14 May 2017 at 01:24 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 01:24 on Sunday 14 May 2017. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 May 2017
- Sunday, 01:24
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75727, longitude -3.36382, in the CF47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9YJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621700787
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 November 2025.
Serious
BMW 2 Series crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025622500790
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 20 January 2008
17 m awayRef 2008620175217
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 16 August 2000
17 m awayRef 2000620020534
Slight
Chrysler Neon crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil, 18 May 2001
17 m awayRef 2001620041484
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil, 18 January 2001
19 m awayRef 2001620028619
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil, 4 November 2001
24 m awayRef 2001620049990
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017621700787 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merthyr Tydfil road accident statistics for 2017.