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Pontypool Fawr, Torfaen, NP4 0RF area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 237 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Pontypool Fawr ward, Torfaen, from 2001 to 2025, with 297 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 32 were serious.

In 2025 there were 8 collisions here, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
237
3,525th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
297
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
8
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the NP4 0RF hotspot

33 of the 237 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.4%
  • Serious3214%
  • Slight20486%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
36
Slightly injured
260
All casualties
297

Accidents by year at the NP4 0RF hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 18 in 2014, against an average of 9.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NP4 0RF hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
202422
202345
2022710
202146
202067
20191214
20181117
201779
201699
201589
20141820
20131515
20121012
2011710
2010819
20091316
20081213
200777
200689
200568
20041318
20031213
20021621
20011420

Map of crashes at the NP4 0RF hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NP4 0RF.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Pontypool Fawr, Torfaen, NP4 0RF 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 NP4 0RF 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
Pontypool Fawr
Council area
Torfaen
Nearest postcode to the centre
NP4 0RF
Postcode district
NP4
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.69461, -3.02554
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
19 December 2025
Rank by collisions
3,525th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NP4 0RF hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A472, with 93 of 237, followed by the A4042 with 67.

Collisions at the NP4 0RF hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4729312617
2ndA4042677608
3rdA41100
4thA40431200
5thA40511100

Towns near the NP4 0RF hotspot

106 of the 237 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Pontypool.

Accident hotspots near NP4 0RF

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Panteg, Torfaen, NP4 0DQ area, 1.4 km away, with 182 collisions.

All 237 crashes at the NP4 0RF hotspot

Newest first, from 8 January 2001 to 19 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year