A4233 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 13 August 2018 at 17:10 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1 and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 17:10 on Monday 13 August 2018. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Kia Sportage, a 9-year-old male passenger in the Kia Sportage and a 6-year-old female passenger in the Kia Sportage were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2018
- Monday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A1 and Kia Sportage
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64432, longitude -3.43255, in the CF43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tylorstown and Pontygwaith. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tylorstown and Ynyshir, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF43 3BB 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
- 2018621801041
- 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
- 4233
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2021.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 4 December 2021
7 m awayRef 2021622100972
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 February 1997
23 m awayRef 199762B007497
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 October 1998
27 m awayRef 199862B054798
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 January 1990
31 m awayRef 1990620B00190
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4233 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 July 1989
35 m awayRef 1989620B16210
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 January 2000
40 m awayRef 2000620009291
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Tram or light rail track
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sportage)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sportage)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sportage)
- 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 2018621801041 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 2018.