A4161 crash in Cardiff on 2 August 2025 at 23:00 involving a Honda CG motorcycle
A Honda CG motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4161 in Cardiff at 23:00 on Saturday 2 August 2025. The 22-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2025
- Saturday, 23:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CG and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48126, longitude -3.18106, in the CF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 2GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025622500640
- Council area
- Cardiff
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4161
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 1980.
Slight
Van crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 9 January 1980
3 m awayRef 1980620C00070
Slight
Bus crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 6 September 1984
3 m awayRef 1984620C12340
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 7 November 2001
3 m awayRef 2001620047505
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A4161 in Cardiff, 2 November 2013
9 m awayRef 2013621301972
Slight
MAN crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 24 January 2008
9 m awayRef 2008620175975
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Cardiff, 20 July 2002
9 m awayRef 2002620064848
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CG
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 22, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2025622500640 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.