Skip to main content
CrashStats

Gaer, Newport, NP20 3GT area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 69 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Gaer ward, Newport, from 2001 to 2025, with 88 casualties. Of those collisions, 16 were serious and none fatal.

In 2025 there were 5 collisions here, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
69
10,888th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
88
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the NP20 3GT hotspot

16 of the 69 collisions here (23%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1623%
  • Slight5377%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
16
Slightly injured
72
All casualties
88

Accidents by year at the NP20 3GT hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2004, against an average of 2.8 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NP20 3GT hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202423
202333
202222
202122
202046
201944
201822
201745
201611
201512
201433
201311
201211
201124
201025
200924
200822
200736
200644
200511
200478
200358
200233
200133

Map of crashes at the NP20 3GT hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NP20 3GT.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Gaer, Newport, NP20 3GT 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 NP20 3GT 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
Gaer
Council area
Newport
Nearest postcode to the centre
NP20 3GT
Postcode district
NP20
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.57846, -3.01824
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
18 October 2025
Rank by collisions
10,888th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NP20 3GT hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B4237, with 4 of 69, followed by the A48 with 2.

Collisions at the NP20 3GT hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB42374401
2ndA482201
3rdB41100

Towns near the NP20 3GT hotspot

All 69 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Newport, Newport.

Accident hotspots near NP20 3GT

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Stow Hill, Newport, NP20 4FZ area, 1 km away, with 211 collisions.

All 69 crashes at the NP20 3GT hotspot

Newest first, from 18 January 2001 to 18 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year