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Ceredigion road accidents in 1991: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 258 road traffic collisions in Ceredigion in 1991, and 424 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 75 were serious.

Collisions were down 2% on 1990 (263), and casualties rose from 366.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 10,463 collisions in Ceredigion.

Collisions in 1991
258
Down 2% on 1990
Casualties in 1991
424
Up 16% on 1990
Fatal collisions
6
2.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
75
29% of collisions

Crash severity in Ceredigion in 1991

2.3% of collisions in Ceredigion in 1991 were fatal and 29% serious, against 2.2% and 27% in Ceredigion from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal62.3%
  • Serious7529%
  • Slight17769%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal61.4%
  • Serious10825%
  • Slight31073%

Ceredigion road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ceredigion, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 285 in 2005. 1991 is highlighted, with 258, down 2% on 1990.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1991
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025142205
2024167238
2023168237
2022138196
2021152202
2020110142
2019160214
2018185246
2017163229
2016189259
2015177259
2014174249
2013181253
2012210281
2011209320
2010208340
2009226306
2008229314
2007273428
2006254378
2005285434
2004278407
2003284435
2002273452
2001251383
2000255376
1999270417
1998268410
1997252398
1996238388
1995209323
1994264410
1993229344
1992262387
1991258424
1990263366
1989242347
1988234328
1987229356
1986229337
1985240374
1984236331
1983247342
1982251380
1981219320
1980238356
1979244351

When and where crashes happen in Ceredigion in 1991

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (11%)
  • Tuesday43 (17%)
  • Wednesday33 (13%)
  • Thursday42 (16%)
  • Friday46 (18%)
  • Saturday37 (14%)
  • Sunday29 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5916 (6.2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593 (1.2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5932 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5942 (16%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5949 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5957 (22%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5935 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5924 (9.3%)

Collisions by month

  • January22 (8.5%)
  • February17 (6.6%)
  • March20 (7.8%)
  • April22 (8.5%)
  • May26 (10%)
  • June29 (11%)
  • July22 (8.5%)
  • August26 (10%)
  • September17 (6.6%)
  • October28 (11%)
  • November17 (6.6%)
  • December12 (4.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight195 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting35 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights lit26 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds182 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (4.3%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (3.5%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Other8 (3.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry147 (57%)
  • Wet or damp99 (38%)
  • Frost or ice7 (2.7%)
  • Snow4 (1.6%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph75 (29%)
  • 40 mph10 (3.9%)
  • 60 mph172 (67%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway248 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (2.3%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Ceredigion in 1991

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant317 (75%)
  • Pedestrian43 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist30 (7.1%)
  • Van occupant13 (3.1%)
  • Cyclist10 (2.4%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 515 (3.5%)
  • 6 to 1022 (5.2%)
  • 11 to 1523 (5.4%)
  • 16 to 2074 (17%)
  • 21 to 2572 (17%)
  • 26 to 3564 (15%)
  • 36 to 4554 (13%)
  • 46 to 5548 (11%)
  • 56 to 6526 (6.1%)
  • 66 to 7517 (4%)
  • Over 759 (2.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider220 (52%)
  • Passenger161 (38%)
  • Pedestrian43 (10%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car352 (77%)
  • Motorcycle28 (6.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes26 (5.7%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes25 (5.5%)
  • Pedal cycle10 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach7 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle5 (1.1%)
  • Minibus4 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Ceredigion in 1991

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1991 in Ceredigion

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

How Ceredigion ranked among 350 areas in 1991

Of the 350 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Ceredigion had fewer road collisions than 318 of them in 1991.

Collisions
319th
of 350 areas, highest first
Casualties
291st
of 350 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
249th
of 350 areas, highest first
Serious collisions
227th
of 350 areas, highest first

Roads in Ceredigion with the most crashes in 1991

The A487 had the most collisions in Ceredigion in 1991: 90, including 4 fatal and 30 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Ceredigion, 1991
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA48790151430
2ndA482173305
3rdA44153615
4thA475101302
5thB435381511
6thA41207701
7thA4847903
8thA4856802
9thB43336904
10thB433761002
11thB43425700
12thA4864502
13thB43464600
14thA41593500
15thB43403501
16thB43433402
17thB45722601
18thA1591100
19thB43341100
20thB44591200

Towns in Ceredigion: crashes in 1991

Aberystwyth had the most collisions of any town in Ceredigion in 1991: 31.

Postcode districts in Ceredigion: crashes in 1991

SY23 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Ceredigion in 1991: 117.

Latest crashes in Ceredigion in 1991

Of the last 24 crashes in Ceredigion in 1991, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 28 December 1991.

Severity

Ceredigion road accidents in other years