Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 21 Aug 2025, 18:20
- A motorcycle and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025610036525
Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 5WT area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 72 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Beaufort ward, Blaenau Gwent, from 2001 to 2025, with 130 casualties. Of those collisions, 11 were serious and none fatal.
In 2025 there were 3 collisions here, up from none in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 72
- 10,500th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 130
- 1.81 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 0
- No one killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 3
- 0 in 2024
Crash severity at the NP23 5WT hotspot
11 of the 72 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal00%
- Serious1115%
- Slight6185%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 0
- Seriously injured
- 13
- Slightly injured
- 117
- All casualties
- 130
Accidents by year at the NP23 5WT hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2004, against an average of 2.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the NP23 5WT hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 3
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 6 | 13 |
| 2006 | 7 | 18 |
| 2005 | 6 | 13 |
| 2004 | 9 | 13 |
| 2003 | 4 | 8 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13 |
Map of crashes at the NP23 5WT hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NP23 5WT.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 5WT area accident hotspot
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 48 crashes
- Serious
- Slight
Centre of the hotspot
Hotspot area, 700 m radius
Details of the NP23 5WT hotspot
This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.
- Ward
- Beaufort
- Council area
- Blaenau Gwent
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- NP23 5WT
- Postcode district
- NP23
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 51.79143, -3.23541
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 20 of 25
- Latest collision
- 21 August 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 10,500th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the NP23 5WT hotspot
Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Tredegar had the most collisions, 11 of 72.
Accident hotspots near NP23 5WT
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Sirhowy, Blaenau Gwent, NP22 4QP area, 1.1 km away, with 130 collisions.
- Sirhowy, Blaenau Gwent, NP22 4QP area1.1 km away, 171 casualties130 collisions
- Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 5UN area1.3 km away, 359 casualties248 collisions
- Sirhowy, Blaenau Gwent, NP22 3ST area1.8 km away, 123 casualties94 collisions
- Ebbw Vale North, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6EN area2.1 km away, 313 casualties223 collisions
- Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, NP22 3JE area2.3 km away, 221 casualties161 collisions
- Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 5RG area2.6 km away, 197 casualties107 collisions
- Ebbw Vale South, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6UQ area3.1 km away, 96 casualties68 collisions
- Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 4AH area4 km away, 321 casualties232 collisions
All 72 crashes at the NP23 5WT hotspot
Newest first, from 3 March 2001 to 21 August 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Hyundai Kona crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 22 Apr 2025, 18:08
- Hyundai Kona and another vehicle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025610016125
- Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 16 Jan 2025, 12:31
- Renault Clio and Skoda Fabia
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025610001025
- Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 26 Jul 2022, 08:30
- Suzuki Vitara and Mercedes Sprinter
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022610027022
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 27 Jan 2022, 16:04
- Renault Clio and Volkswagen Polo
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2022610008422
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 19 Feb 2020, 22:30
- Vauxhall Corsa and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020610006820
- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 8 Oct 2019, 16:18
- 2 Vauxhall Corsas
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2019610064219
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 5 May 2019, 17:45
- Vauxhall Corsa and Seat Ibiza
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019610023419
- Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 16 Mar 2018, 19:50
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018610008518
- Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 11 Oct 2016, 09:06
- Renault Megane and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016610048916
- Slight
Chevrolet Spark crash on the A4 in Blaenau Gwent, 19 Jan 2016, 14:48
- Chevrolet Spark and a taxi
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016610003416
- Slight
Car crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 11 Sep 2015, 11:45
- 2 cars
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015610049115
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 8 Aug 2015, 14:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015610038015
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 30 Mar 2015, 14:15
- 2 cars
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015610014415
- Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 24 Jul 2014, 18:19
- Seat Alhambra and a taxi
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014610044314
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 24 Feb 2014, 15:27
- Ford Focus and Land Rover Discovery
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014610008614
- Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 21 Mar 2013, 08:28
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2013610029413
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 30 Sep 2012, 15:21
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2012610058012
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 19 Jun 2012, 09:00
- Ford Focus and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2012610035912
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 1 Sep 2011, 19:25
- Vauxhall Corsa, Peugeot Vivacity, 2 motorcycles and 2 more vehicles
- 6 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2011610055511
- Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 9 Jul 2011, 17:24
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2011610039911
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 22 Jun 2011, 04:35
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2011610046411
- Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 12 Jun 2011, 12:13
- Ford Mondeo and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2011610039811
- Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 19 Jan 2011, 14:50
- Vauxhall Vectra, Peugeot 106, 2 cars and another vehicle
- 5 vehicles, 5 casualties
Ref 2011610013511
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 11 Nov 2010, 23:24
- Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 306
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2010610079010
- Serious
Ford Focus crash on a C road in Blaenau Gwent, 12 Dec 2008, 18:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2008610096608
- Slight
Chevrolet Matiz crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 11 Jan 2008, 22:00
- Chevrolet Matiz and a car
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2008610000808
- Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 5 Jan 2008, 11:22
- Ford Escort and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2008610002008
- Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 15 Nov 2007, 21:53
- 1 vehicle, 4 casualties
Ref 2007610087007
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 13 Sep 2007, 09:45
- Volkswagen Golf and Renault Master
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2007610081507
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 5 Sep 2007, 17:25
- Volkswagen Golf and Peugeot 406
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2007610105507
- Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on a C road in Blaenau Gwent, 3 May 2007, 18:03
- Skoda Fabia and Renault Megane
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2007610031107
- Serious
Ford KA crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 30 Apr 2007, 15:53
- Ford KA and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2007610031707
- Slight
BMW Z3 crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 8 Mar 2007, 12:00
- BMW Z3 and 2 cars
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2007610014907
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 9 Dec 2006, 12:46
- Vauxhall Corsa, Peugeot 307 and a car
- 3 vehicles, 5 casualties
Ref 2006610102406
- Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A4046 in Blaenau Gwent, 11 Nov 2006, 01:55
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2006610089306
- Serious
Car crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 5 Sep 2006, 12:01
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2006610068506
- Slight
Ford KA crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 4 Jul 2006, 15:15
- Ford KA, Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Escort
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2006610052906
- Slight
Kia Picanto crash on a C road in Blaenau Gwent, 31 May 2006, 17:24
- Kia Picanto, Citroen Saxo and a car
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2006610042606
- Slight
Volvo crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 18 Feb 2006, 13:45
- Volvo, Ford Fusion and Fiat Punto
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2006610010006
- Slight
Car crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 29 Jan 2006, 16:10
- 2 cars
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2006610003306
- Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 2 Dec 2005, 19:12
- Peugeot 206 and Ford Mondeo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2005610115505
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A465 in Blaenau Gwent, 4 Sep 2005, 11:45
- 1 vehicle, 3 casualties
Ref 2005610077005
- Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 6 Jul 2005, 12:00
- Ford Escort and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2005610088805
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 4 Jul 2005, 12:00
- Ford Focus and Peugeot 306
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2005610062605
- Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 26 Apr 2005, 13:27
- Peugeot 405, Renault Clio and a car
- 3 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2005610036605
- Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4047 in Blaenau Gwent, 4 Apr 2005, 16:50
- Fiat Punto, Ford Escort and Ford Fiesta
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2005610039905
- Slight
Fiat Panda crash on an unclassified road in Blaenau Gwent, 1 Sep 2004, 05:54
- Fiat Panda and Suzuki GSF 1200
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2004610098804