Serious A4058 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 3 October 2021 at 11:53 involving a Mercedes A Class
A bicycle and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 11:53 on Sunday 3 October 2021. The 54-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Oct 2021
- Sunday, 11:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6429, longitude -3.45852, in the CF41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhondda. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF41 7SQ 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
- 2021622100765
- 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
- 4058
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2011.
Slight
Chevrolet Aveo crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 January 2011
15 m awayRef 2011620206348
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 1 September 2000
17 m awayRef 2000620021746
Slight
Bus crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 29 September 1988
26 m awayRef 1988620B22330
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4058 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 31 October 2003
37 m awayRef 2003620097111
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the B4512 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 22 August 2011
42 m awayRef 2011620214265
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 20 February 2008
44 m awayRef 2008620176581
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 54, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021622100765 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.