B4276 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 26 September 2021 at 01:25 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto crashed on the B4276 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 01:25 on Sunday 26 September 2021. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2021
- Sunday, 01:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74875, longitude -3.44224, in the CF44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cyfarthfa, Merthyr Tydfil, CF44 0LX 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
- 2021622100752
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 4276
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 1994.
Slight
Renault 9 crash on the B4275 in Merthyr Tydfil, 8 January 1994
6 m awayRef 199462A000794
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4276 in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 May 1989
37 m awayRef 1989620B11020
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4276 in Merthyr Tydfil, 16 August 1986
56 m awayRef 1986620B17300
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4276 in Merthyr Tydfil, 23 March 1990
96 m awayRef 1990620B01790
Slight
Car crash on the B4276 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 22 December 1988
97 m awayRef 1988620B30010
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B4276 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 August 1998
136 m awayRef 199862B036598
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- 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 2021622100752 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 2021.