B4512 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 24 October 2017 at 17:42 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and a BMW X6 were involved in a crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 17:42 on Tuesday 24 October 2017. A 15-year-old male passenger in the BMW X6 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Oct 2017
- Tuesday, 17:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and BMW X6
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64307, longitude -3.45157, in the CF41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhondda. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF41 7SQ 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
- 2017621701494
- 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
- 4512
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 1995.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 14 June 1995
6 m awayRef 199562P012295
Slight
Daewoo Nexia crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 April 2004
16 m awayRef 2004620110253
Slight
Lorry crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 4 March 1986
55 m awayRef 1986620B04690
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4223 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 15 October 1998
64 m awayRef 199862B047098
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 April 2006
92 m awayRef 2006620150558
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 14 August 1992
98 m awayRef 1992620P01270
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW X6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X6)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2017621701494 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.