Unclassified road crash in Cardiff CF11 on 12 August 2025 at 12:38 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class, a Vauxhall Grandland and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff at 12:38 on Tuesday 12 August 2025. The 54-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Grandland was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Aug 2025
- Tuesday, 12:38
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes A Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46627, longitude -3.18783, in the CF11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grangetown, Cardiff, CF11 6JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025622500565
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 1987.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 16 May 1987
21 m awayRef 1987620D08230
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 28 April 2005
29 m awayRef 2005620130261
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 4 September 2002
48 m awayRef 2002620066674
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 15 August 2006
56 m awayRef 2006620156056
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 9 August 2010
67 m awayRef 2010620202751
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 4 July 2002
77 m awayRef 2002620062853
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Grandland
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 3: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Grandland)
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 2025622500565 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 2025.