A650 crash in Bradford on 31 December 2025 at 14:17 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Kia Picanto were involved in a crash on the A650 in Bradford at 14:17 on Wednesday 31 December 2025. The 65-year-old female driver of the Mercedes E Class 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
- 31 Dec 2025
- Wednesday, 14:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Kia Picanto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80991, longitude -1.76745, in the BD8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Manningham, Bradford, BD8 7DA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bradford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025131689785
- Council area
- Bradford
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 650
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 14 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 January 1993.
Fatal
Mercedes crash on the A650 in Bradford, 19 January 1993
14 m awayRef 199313HB02393
Serious
Car crash on the A650 in Bradford, 5 August 1982
14 m awayRef 198213C034382
Serious
Car crash on the A650 in Bradford, 15 June 1989
14 m awayRef 198913HB17889
Slight
Car crash on the A650 in Bradford, 30 March 1984
14 m awayRef 198413C011984
Slight
Bus crash on the A650 in Bradford, 21 May 1980
14 m awayRef 198013C060480
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A650 in Bradford, 7 February 1993
16 m awayRef 199313HB04193
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025131689785 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.