A4059 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 27 September 2025 at 08:45 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Skoda Karoq were involved in a crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 08:45 on Saturday 27 September 2025. The 19-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 34-year-old female driver of the Skoda Karoq were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Sep 2025
- Saturday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Skoda Karoq
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70817, longitude -3.43535, in the CF44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdare. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF44 6UE 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
- 2025622500654
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2021.
Slight
Optare Solo crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 September 2021
23 m awayRef 2021622100686
Serious
Car crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 17 November 2011
30 m awayRef 2011620212947
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 24 March 2003
44 m awayRef 2003620080082
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 13 March 2017
47 m awayRef 2017621700430
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 June 2007
48 m awayRef 2007620167311
Slight
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the A4059 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 14 February 2004
56 m awayRef 2004620104322
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Skoda Karoq
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Karoq)
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 2025622500654 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.