Serious B4264 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 25 July 2017 at 07:35 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4264 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 07:35 on Tuesday 25 July 2017. The 43-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jul 2017
- Tuesday, 07:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52277, longitude -3.3679, in the CF72 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontyclun East, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 8PN 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
- 2017621701134
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 4264
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 89 metres away, was a fatal crash on 11 October 2021.
Fatal
DAF Trucks crash on the B4264 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 October 2021
89 m awayRef 2021622100787
Slight
Foden crash on the B4264 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 October 2009
94 m awayRef 2009620194577
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 July 2020
126 m awayRef 2020622000645
Slight
ERF crash on the A4119 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 August 2000
145 m awayRef 2000620020063
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4264 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 April 2008
155 m awayRef 2008620178173
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 750 crash on the B4264 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 March 2013
156 m awayRef 2013621300396
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 43 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 43, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017621701134 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.