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SA2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,939 road traffic collisions in the SA2 postcode district, Swansea, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,290 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 46 were fatal and 402 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, down from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
3,939
912th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,290
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
46
48 people killed
Serious collisions
402
482 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for SA2

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal461.2%
  • Serious40210%
  • Slight3,49189%

What the data shows

  • SA2 had 226 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 67% fewer than the 679 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 11% of collisions in SA2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 629 children under 16 were killed or injured in SA2, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in SA2.

Where SA2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
912th
Most casualties
902nd
Most fatal collisions
1,308th
Most serious collisions
1,753rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday599 (15%)
  • Tuesday524 (13%)
  • Wednesday584 (15%)
  • Thursday614 (16%)
  • Friday634 (16%)
  • Saturday568 (14%)
  • Sunday416 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,798 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit839 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting119 (3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit114 (2.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown55 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,218 (82%)
  • Dual carriageway432 (11%)
  • Roundabout212 (5.4%)
  • One way street or slip road30 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded47 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph32 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph3,338 (85%)
  • 40 mph367 (9.3%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph193 (4.9%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,982 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds609 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds80 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds67 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds17 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.1%)
  • Other38 (1%)
  • Not recorded136 (3.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,436 (65%)
  • Pedestrian754 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist464 (8.8%)
  • Cyclist302 (5.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant155 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant78 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant39 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant23 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant20 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)18 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SA2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SA2, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SA2 peaked at 158 in 1993; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251010
20241112
20231720
20221518
20211721
20202024
20193443
20181926
20173545
20164857
20154759
20145568
20135367
20124965
201171100
201082107
20096780
200884113
200770103
2006101144
200592130
200478118
200386108
200283112
200189119
200074108
199987120
199887117
1997122163
1996117153
1995110154
1994130177
1993158216
1992145228
1991116158
1990137193
1989128158
1988114145
1987131172
1986112152
1985116157
1984102131
1983122154
1982122152
1981128172
1980133179
1979115162

Map of recent crashes in SA2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SA2

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SA2

The 24 most recent collisions in SA2 happened between 9 October 2023 and 23 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SA2

The A4118 has the most collisions in SA2, 929 of 3,939 (24%), followed by the A4216 (515).

Collisions in SA2 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA41189291,27411105
2ndA4216515687551
3rdA40673695941048
4thB4296124187520
5thB427172115215
6thB4436253000
7thB4295111503
8thA41265801
9thA4835701
10thA41194811
11thB42904500
12thA41153300
13thA4843300

Council area for SA2

SA2 is in Swansea, where police recorded 32,043 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SA2 accounts for 12% of them.

Town in SA2

Of the 3,939 collisions in SA2, 3,158 (80%) were in Swansea.