A4054 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 7 September 2024 at 10:59 involving a Renault Arkana
A Renault Arkana and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 10:59 on Saturday 7 September 2024. The 83-year-old male driver of the Renault Arkana was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2024
- Saturday, 10:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Arkana and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56081, longitude -3.27184, in the CF15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF15 7SN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024622400642
- 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
- 4054
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 56 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 January 2019.
Serious
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 14 January 2019
56 m awayRef 2019621900060
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 4 July 2012
63 m awayRef 2012621200505
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4054 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 June 1998
69 m awayRef 199862B025898
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 August 1998
71 m awayRef 199862B036898
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 21 August 1998
85 m awayRef 199862B038698
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A468 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 October 1993
90 m awayRef 199362B024793
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Arkana
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Arkana)
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 2024622400642 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 2024.