A4093 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 19 September 2021 at 00:02 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus hit six pedestrians on the A4093 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 00:02 on Sunday 19 September 2021. All six casualties were slightly injured. Six of them were pedestrians.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2021
- Sunday, 00:02
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58263, longitude -3.46668, in the CF39 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gilfach-goch, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF39 8TR 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
- 2021622100768
- 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
- 4093
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 65%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 35%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 1997.
Slight
Honda CB500 crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 14 August 1997
16 m awayRef 199762B042497
Serious
Car crash on the A4093 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 August 1979
25 m awayRef 1979620B04760
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A4093 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 June 1994
25 m awayRef 199462B013394
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the A4093 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 10 July 2012
35 m awayRef 2012621200564
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A4093 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 April 2011
43 m awayRef 2011620208594
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 22 July 2010
55 m awayRef 2010620202845
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 4: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 5: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 6: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
- 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 2021622100768 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.