Get a moo-ve on! Moment motorists left stunned after cow brings traffic to standstill on the M4

By NOOR QURASHI

Published: 23:14, 3 August 2025 | Updated: 02:19, 4 August 2025

The M4 was brought to a standstill after a lone black cow decided to block the road.

Police cars descended on the motorway in Cardiff between junction 32 and junction 33 westbound heading to Capel Llanilltern on Saturday.

Footage of the obstruction shows a motorist approach the scene in disbelief noting the ‘major disruption here on the M4’.

The content creator, Jake Abanos, adds: ‘It’s because there’s a cow. And the police don’t know what to do with it.’

A cluster of four police cars can be seen confronting the animal but it stubbornly stands its ground.

It comes as the queue of drivers also visibly slows down on their approach to the scene.

But at last the cow left with Traffic Wales South reporting on their X page the road had been cleared by 3pm.

A queue of drivers visibly slows down on their approach to the scene in Cardiff between junction 32 and junction 33 westbound heading to Capel Llanilltern

A cluster of four police cars can be seen confronting the animal but it stubbornly stands its ground

The M4 was brought to a standstill after the lone black cow decided to block the ro
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