A4054 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 25 September 2017 at 13:21 involving a Citroen C3
Two cars and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil at 13:21 on Monday 25 September 2017. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Sep 2017
- Monday, 13:21
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68087, longitude -3.335, in the CF48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017621701356
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 48 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2000.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 29 September 2000
48 m awayRef 2000620022813
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 30 September 1997
50 m awayRef 199762A012797
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 17 January 1999
50 m awayRef 199962A000899
Serious
Car crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 12 November 1982
55 m awayRef 1982620A05160
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 January 1997
55 m awayRef 199762A000697
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A4054 in Merthyr Tydfil, 29 March 2004
67 m awayRef 2004620106580
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2017621701356 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.