A470 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 29 September 2017 at 10:17 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque were involved in a crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 10:17 on Friday 29 September 2017. The 61-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 2017
- Friday, 10:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56447, longitude -3.27031, in the CF15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF15 7SN 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
- 2017621701374
- 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
- 470
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2009.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 25 May 2009
22 m awayRef 2009620190146
Slight
Toyota crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 July 2007
31 m awayRef 2007620169159
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 7 January 2013
41 m awayRef 2013621300097
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 May 1993
42 m awayRef 199362B010893
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 July 2001
53 m awayRef 2001620041996
Serious
Car crash on the A470 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 March 1986
55 m awayRef 1986620B05920
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- 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 2017621701374 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.