Unclassified road crash in Merthyr Tydfil CF48 on 29 September 2018 at 19:06 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
A bicycle and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil at 19:06 on Saturday 29 September 2018. The 11-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 2018
- Saturday, 19:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68474, longitude -3.34141, in the CF48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Merthyr Vale, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 4NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Merthyr Tydfil
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621801447
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 1995.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 2 February 1995
16 m awayRef 199562A002895
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 3 August 2003
61 m awayRef 2003620088628
Fatal
Vauxhall Movano crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 27 September 2008
61 m awayRef 2008620182885
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 April 2002
74 m awayRef 2002620057448
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 3 February 2006
79 m awayRef 2006620147966
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 19 October 2000
86 m awayRef 2000620023995
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 11, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018621801447 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.