A473 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 8 August 2019 at 17:37 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia hit a pedestrian on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 17:37 on Thursday 8 August 2019. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was 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
- 8 Aug 2019
- Thursday, 17:37
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53567, longitude -3.44121, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019622000067
- 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
- 473
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the A473 in Bridgend, 8 June 2015
12 m awayRef 2015621500984
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 23 August 2010
13 m awayRef 2010620203066
Slight
Car crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 18 January 1989
13 m awayRef 1989620B01880
Slight
Car crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 August 1999
38 m awayRef 199962B039499
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 June 2015
44 m awayRef 2015621500930
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A473 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 30 January 2004
49 m awayRef 2004620103537
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- 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 2019622000067 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 2019.