All road safety improvements at a junction in Maerdy where cars have repeatedly crashed into a house have been completed.
Works finished at Station Road junction
Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) council has confirmed that works on the junction of Station Road and Oxford Street in Maerdy, Rhondda Fach, are now finished. The improvements respond to recent incidents where vehicles collided with a home.
The bend at the bottom of Maerdy Mountain leading to Maerdy Road has seen several crashes, including one in April 2025 when a vehicle hit a house.
Measures introduced
The council worked with South Wales Police to understand why one-vehicle collisions kept happening. Officers designed the improvement scheme, funded by council capital.
Work started in mid-June 2026 and was delivered by Calibre Contracting Ltd. It includes containment kerbs, reflective bollards, improved signage, an uncontrolled crossing point, and extended double yellow lines along Oxford Street and Station Road.
Earlier improvements included gateway signs and countdown markers along Station Road. A variable message sign now shows the speed limit to southbound traffic when exceeded.
All temporary traffic management, including three-way traffic lights, has been lifted.
Resident's experience
Resident Emma Howells, who lives at the junction, said last year that cars kept hitting her home. Between 2024 and 2025, four cars struck it.
Before the work, she said: "They're speeding up the hill - we hear them every single night of the week. Now I lay in bed and hear an engine rev and all I can think is 'Is this going in the front now?' I just worry until I can hear that it's gone further up the hill."
