A4102 crash in Merthyr Tydfil on 22 April 2018 at 13:47 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class hit a pedestrian on the A4102 in Merthyr Tydfil at 13:47 on Sunday 22 April 2018. A 41-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 13:47
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75015, longitude -3.39719, in the CF48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621800398
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4102
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 470
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2007.
Slight
Triumph Sprint ST 1050 crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 18 September 2007
4 m awayRef 2007620171232
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 9 October 2004
18 m awayRef 2004620118691
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 8 January 1999
20 m awayRef 199962A001099
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 27 January 2024
22 m awayRef 2024622400085
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 May 1999
24 m awayRef 199962A008499
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A470 in Merthyr Tydfil, 2 January 2000
25 m awayRef 2000620007739
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018621800398 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 2018.