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Shaftesbury, Newport, NP20 5LW area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
396
1,793rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
534
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Collisions in 2025
7
3 in 2024

Crash severity at the NP20 5LW hotspot

46 of the 396 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal61.5%
  • Serious4010%
  • Slight35088%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
6
Seriously injured
46
Slightly injured
482
All casualties
534

Accidents by year at the NP20 5LW hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 32 in 2003, against an average of 16 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NP20 5LW hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202578
202436
202333
202299
202149
202067
20191217
20181217
20171619
20161424
2015811
20142234
20132035
20121113
20112023
20101821
20092433
20081819
20071719
20061923
20052738
20042943
20033246
20022432
20012125

Map of crashes at the NP20 5LW hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NP20 5LW.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Shaftesbury, Newport, NP20 5LW 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 NP20 5LW 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
Shaftesbury
Council area
Newport
Nearest postcode to the centre
NP20 5LW
Postcode district
NP20
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.60015, -2.9998
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
10 October 2025
Rank by collisions
1,793rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NP20 5LW hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A4051, with 139 of 396, followed by the A4042 with 99.

Collisions at the NP20 5LW hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4051139188212
2ndA40429912908
3rdM48913939
4thB42413300
5thA41100
6thA4511100

Towns near the NP20 5LW hotspot

177 of the 396 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Newport, Newport.

All 396 crashes at the NP20 5LW hotspot

Newest first, from 7 January 2001 to 10 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year