A4054 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 13 June 2017 at 16:45 involving a Volkswagen Tiguan
A bicycle and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil at 16:45 on Tuesday 13 June 2017. The 19-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jun 2017
- Tuesday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Volkswagen Tiguan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72301, longitude -3.35928, in the CF48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Troedyrhiw and Pentrebach. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plymouth, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 4BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621700938
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4054
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 1997.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 28 April 1997
18 m awayRef 199762A004497
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 11 August 2004
26 m awayRef 2004620114567
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 17 November 1983
28 m awayRef 1983620A16740
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 15 August 1993
49 m awayRef 199362A020193
Slight
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 31 August 1984
73 m awayRef 1984620A11720
Slight
Bedford crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 5 November 1993
74 m awayRef 199362A026593
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 19, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017621700938 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.