A4049 crash in Caerphilly on 28 November 2025 at 06:45 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly at 06:45 on Friday 28 November 2025. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2025
- Friday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 3 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67172, longitude -3.21868, in the NP12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fleur-de-lis and Pengam. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cefn Fforest and Pengam, Caerphilly, NP12 3SZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025610052225
- Council area
- Caerphilly
- Police force
- Gwent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4049
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 469
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 7 December 2017
1 m awayRef 2017610050117
Slight
Kia Stonic crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly, 31 January 2022
1 m awayRef 2022610005422
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 17 May 1994
3 m awayRef 1994610044594
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4049 in Caerphilly, 6 November 2009
3 m awayRef 2009610095409
Slight
Van crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 31 March 2015
3 m awayRef 2015610012315
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A469 in Caerphilly, 2 October 2014
3 m awayRef 2014610088914
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2025610052225 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2025.