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Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, SA8 4ED area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
205
4,131st busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
290
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the SA8 4ED hotspot

26 of the 205 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal31.5%
  • Serious2311%
  • Slight17987%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
31
Slightly injured
255
All casualties
290

Accidents by year at the SA8 4ED hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 19 in 2005, against an average of 8.2 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SA8 4ED hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202422
202311
202223
202168
202045
2019510
201836
201768
201648
201544
201445
2013710
20121014
20111230
20101316
20091318
2008913
20071723
20061515
20051925
20041012
20031215
20021120
20011517

Map of crashes at the SA8 4ED hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SA8 4ED.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, SA8 4ED area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the SA8 4ED 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
Pontardawe
Council area
Neath Port Talbot
Nearest postcode to the centre
SA8 4ED
Postcode district
SA8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.71908, -3.84987
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
2 April 2025
Rank by collisions
4,131st of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SA8 4ED hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A474, with 49 of 205, followed by the A4067 with 45.

Collisions at the SA8 4ED hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA474497403
2ndA4067457419
3rdB4603283505
4thA4841100
5thM41300

Towns near the SA8 4ED hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Pontardawe had the most collisions, 134 of 205.

Accident hotspots near SA8 4ED

2 other hotspots lie within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Clydach, Swansea, SA6 5NR area, 3.7 km away, with 82 collisions.

All 205 crashes at the SA8 4ED hotspot

Newest first, from 8 February 2001 to 2 April 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year