A473 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 9 June 2017 at 10:16 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 10:16 on Friday 9 June 2017. The 53-year-old male driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jun 2017
- Friday, 10:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53294, longitude -3.37895, in the CF72 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Llantrisant and Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 8RD 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
- 2017621700888
- 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
- 473
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 1995.
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 March 1995
21 m awayRef 199562B008095
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 May 2013
39 m awayRef 2013621300822
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 22 January 2008
42 m awayRef 2008620175949
Serious
Volkswagen Sharan crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 March 2019
89 m awayRef 2019621900338
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 June 2013
99 m awayRef 2013621301003
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 April 1999
106 m awayRef 199962B024099
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- 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 2017621700888 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.