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SA17 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 962 road traffic collisions in the SA17 postcode district, Carmarthenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,429 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 286 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
962
2,219th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,429
1.49 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
24 people killed
Serious collisions
286
385 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
18
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for SA17

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal202.1%
  • Serious28630%
  • Slight65668%

What the data shows

  • SA17 had 117 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 193 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in SA17 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 184 children under 16 were killed or injured in SA17, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in SA17.

Where SA17 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,219th
Most casualties
2,187th
Most fatal collisions
2,159th
Most serious collisions
2,043rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday113 (12%)
  • Tuesday131 (14%)
  • Wednesday122 (13%)
  • Thursday162 (17%)
  • Friday155 (16%)
  • Saturday139 (14%)
  • Sunday140 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight690 (72%)
  • Dark, no street lighting138 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights lit121 (13%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway915 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway15 (1.6%)
  • Roundabout14 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded12 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph13 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph331 (34%)
  • 40 mph47 (4.9%)
  • 50 mph52 (5.4%)
  • 60 mph514 (53%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds663 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds175 (18%)
  • Fine with high winds26 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds24 (2.5%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Other45 (4.7%)
  • Not recorded10 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant996 (70%)
  • Pedestrian124 (8.7%)
  • Motorcyclist122 (8.5%)
  • Cyclist63 (4.4%)
  • Van occupant48 (3.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant24 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant18 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SA17 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SA17, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SA17 peaked at 36 in 1986; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251318
202466
20231518
20221218
20211414
202077
20191011
20181519
2017910
20161619
20151626
20141316
20131423
20122239
20111821
20102025
20092146
20082027
20072432
20062542
20051931
20043042
20031932
20022233
20012438
20001833
19991623
19982441
19973572
19961825
19952432
19942638
19932633
19922339
19912738
19902945
19892332
19881719
19872632
19863652
19852839
19842038
19832639
19822229
19812942
19802545
19792030

Map of recent crashes in SA17

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SA17

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SA17

The 24 most recent collisions in SA17 happened between 16 September 2023 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SA17

The A484 has the most collisions in SA17, 193 of 962 (20%), followed by the B4308 (163).

Collisions in SA17 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA484193302559
2ndB4308163226248
3rdB4309109178140
4thB431771121725
5thB43066076015

Council area for SA17

SA17 is in Carmarthenshire, where police recorded 25,619 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SA17 accounts for 3.8% of them.

Town in SA17

Of the 962 collisions in SA17, 118 (12%) were in Kidwelly.