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A647 crash in Bradford on 19 December 2025 at 02:27 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the A647 in Bradford at 02:27 on Friday 19 December 2025. The 26-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan, a 20-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2025
Friday, 02:27
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Tiguan
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78216, longitude -1.78293, in the BD7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford. It is one of the crashes that make up the City, Bradford, BD7 3AJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025131685187
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
647
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
6177

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025131685187 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 2025.