A4059 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 12 July 2025 at 12:42 involving an Audi A3
A car and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 12:42 on Saturday 12 July 2025. The 21-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2025
- Saturday, 12:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67767, longitude -3.37073, in the CF45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mountain Ash. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF45 3HD 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
- 2025622500499
- 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
- 4059
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 75 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2023.
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 January 2023
75 m awayRef 2023622300051
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 19 February 2025
80 m awayRef 2025622500155
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Nissan X-Trail crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 9 September 2021
81 m awayRef 2021622100683
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 2 September 2022
84 m awayRef 2022622200690
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 December 2020
87 m awayRef 2020622001069
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 February 2021
91 m awayRef 2021622100142
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
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 2025622500499 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 2025.