Serious
BMW 2 Series crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 Nov 2025, 19:13
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025622500790
Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9YJ area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 236 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Penydarren ward, Merthyr Tydfil, from 2001 to 2025, with 348 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 17 were serious.
In 2025 there were 6 collisions here, up from 1 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 236
- 3,543rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 348
- 1.47 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 1
- 1 person killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 6
- 1 in 2024
Crash severity at the CF47 9YJ hotspot
18 of the 236 collisions here (7.6%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal10.4%
- Serious177.2%
- Slight21892%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 1
- Seriously injured
- 20
- Slightly injured
- 327
- All casualties
- 348
Accidents by year at the CF47 9YJ hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 29 in 2003, against an average of 9.4 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the CF47 9YJ hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 6
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 12 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 13 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 8 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 | 15 |
| 2013 | 9 | 15 |
| 2012 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010 | 7 | 15 |
| 2009 | 10 | 14 |
| 2008 | 10 | 13 |
| 2007 | 10 | 12 |
| 2006 | 11 | 13 |
| 2005 | 19 | 30 |
| 2004 | 16 | 24 |
| 2003 | 29 | 37 |
| 2002 | 18 | 24 |
| 2001 | 23 | 31 |
Map of crashes at the CF47 9YJ hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near CF47 9YJ.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9YJ 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 CF47 9YJ 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
- Penydarren
- Council area
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- CF47 9YJ
- Postcode district
- CF47
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 51.76308, -3.36439
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 13 November 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 3,543rd of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the CF47 9YJ hotspot
205 of the 236 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Merthyr Tydfil.
Accident hotspots near CF47 9YJ
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Dowlais and Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 2AD area, 1 km away, with 62 collisions.
- Dowlais and Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 2AD area1 km away, 90 casualties62 collisions
- Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9RP area1.1 km away, 183 casualties147 collisions
- Dowlais and Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 3PT area1.7 km away, 245 casualties166 collisions
- Town, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 0HU area1.7 km away, 115 casualties68 collisions
- Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9EA area1.7 km away, 139 casualties84 collisions
- Town, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AU area2.1 km away, 565 casualties387 collisions
- Park, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1HY area2.5 km away, 174 casualties116 collisions
- Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 2RB area2.8 km away, 284 casualties173 collisions
All 236 crashes at the CF47 9YJ hotspot
Newest first, from 9 January 2001 to 13 November 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Citroen C3 crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 25 Oct 2025, 01:15
- Citroen C3 and Daihatsu Sirion
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025622500714
- Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 14 Jul 2025, 18:30
- Citroen Berlingo and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025622500505
- Slight
Seat Altea crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 5 Apr 2025, 11:26
- Seat Altea, Volvo V90 and Ford Kuga
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025622500300
- Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 24 Feb 2025, 20:55
- Volkswagen Transporter and Toyota Aygo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025622500158
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 Jan 2025, 16:35
- Ford Focus and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025622500058
- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 Oct 2024, 08:29
- Volkswagen Polo and Hyundai Tucson
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2024622400707
- Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 Sep 2023, 16:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023622300754
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 14 Jul 2023, 06:13
- 2 Vauxhall Astras, Seat Mii, DS DS3 and another vehicle
- 5 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2023622300600
- Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 17 Jun 2023, 08:33
- Toyota Aygo and Ford Transit
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023622300517
- Slight
MG ZS crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 3 Oct 2022, 11:43
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022622200786
- Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 15 Aug 2022, 16:58
- Seat Ibiza, Ford Kuga and Ford Transit Custom
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2022622200642
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 16 Mar 2022, 12:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022622200240
- Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 31 Dec 2021, 15:31
- Seat Ibiza and Nissan Micra
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2021622200009
- Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 20 Dec 2021, 16:54
- BMW 1 Series and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021622200005
- Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 2 Dec 2021, 21:24
- Land Rover Freelander and BMW 1 Series
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021622100967
- Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 24 Nov 2021, 17:21
- Volkswagen Touran and MAN
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021622100925
- Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 22 May 2021, 16:24
- Land Rover Freelander and a car
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2021622100375
- Slight
Wrightbus Streetlite crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 1 May 2021, 13:24
- Wrightbus Streetlite and Hyundai i10
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2021622100312
- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 1 Aug 2020, 22:07
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020622000686
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 21 Jun 2020, 17:24
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020622000553
- Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 6 Jun 2019, 09:40
- BMW 1 Series and Audi A3
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019621900803
- Slight
Renault Master crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 16 Apr 2019, 10:50
- Renault Master and Ford Transit
- 2 vehicles, 11 casualties
Ref 2019621900513
- Slight
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 3 Apr 2019, 05:38
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019621900441
- Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 Dec 2018, 16:18
- Renault Megane, Vauxhall Corsa and a car
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018621900187
- Slight
Honda CBF125M crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 26 Nov 2018, 12:34
- Honda CBF125M and Citroen C3
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018621801539
- Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 13 Nov 2018, 16:21
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018621801468
- Slight
Nissan Juke crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 5 Nov 2018, 10:59
- Nissan Juke and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018621900027
- Slight
Peugeot Boxer crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 4 Oct 2018, 13:10
- Peugeot Boxer and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018621801292
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 Jul 2018, 17:09
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018621800904
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 15 May 2018, 12:29
- Ford Focus and Mazda 2
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018621800486
- Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 16 Apr 2018, 10:03
- Skoda Fabia, Citroen C4 and a car
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018621800368
- Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 Mar 2018, 05:27
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018621800277
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 24 Nov 2017, 20:52
- 2 cars
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017621800611
- Slight
Lexus IS220 crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 Sep 2017, 17:43
- Lexus IS220 and a taxi
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2017621701320
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 11 Aug 2017, 19:13
- 2 Vauxhall Corsas and Vauxhall Zafira
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2017621701230
- Slight
Honda CRV crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 8 Aug 2017, 20:59
- Honda CRV, Renault Clio, Peugeot 208 and Vauxhall Mokka
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017621701201
- Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 14 May 2017, 01:24
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017621700787
- Slight
Ford Ecosport crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 14 Mar 2017, 10:07
- Ford Ecosport and Audi A3
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017621700425
- Slight
Mercedes crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 9 Mar 2017, 01:17
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017621700439
- Slight
Jaguar S Type crash on the A465 in Merthyr Tydfil, 9 Dec 2016, 12:02
- Jaguar S Type and a bus or coach
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016621602063
- Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 1 Dec 2016, 16:49
- Ford KA and Vauxhall Vivaro
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016621602002
- Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 7 Nov 2016, 16:18
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016621601832
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 28 Jun 2016, 07:40
- Vauxhall Corsa and Suzuki Jimny
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016621601277
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 3 Jun 2016, 14:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016621601019
- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 26 Apr 2016, 20:35
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016621600731
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Merthyr Tydfil, 10 Feb 2016, 15:07
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016621600322
- Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 1 Feb 2016, 07:56
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016621600316