Unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF41 on 14 October 2017 at 01:01 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ford Tourneo taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 01:01 on Saturday 14 October 2017. A 60-year-old female passenger in the Ford Tourneo taxi and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Ford Tourneo taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Oct 2017
- Saturday, 01:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ford Tourneo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64375, longitude -3.45689, 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
- 2017621800091
- 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
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4512
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1996.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 27 November 1996
9 m awayRef 199662B058996
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 17 May 1991
21 m awayRef 1991620B02720
Serious
Datsun Stanza crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 20 August 1995
23 m awayRef 199562P016095
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 June 2000
23 m awayRef 2000620017469
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 August 1995
23 m awayRef 199562P015995
Serious
Car crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 20 May 1989
31 m awayRef 1989620B11440
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Tourneo
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Tourneo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Tourneo)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2017621800091 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.