Serious unclassified road crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf CF72 on 20 August 2018 at 19:44 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 19:44 on Monday 20 August 2018. A 7-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Aug 2018
- Monday, 19:44
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Vitara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53494, longitude -3.44183, in the CF72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Llanharan. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brynna and Llanharan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 9RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621801059
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 34 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 May 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 5 May 1985
34 m awayRef 1985620B08250
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 23 October 1985
34 m awayRef 1985620B19820
Slight
Car crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 April 1979
34 m awayRef 1979620B02180
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 May 1979
34 m awayRef 1979620B02960
Slight
Car crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 November 1986
34 m awayRef 1986620B25050
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 5 December 2002
44 m awayRef 2002620076298
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018621801059 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.