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SA3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,896 road traffic collisions in the SA3 postcode district, Swansea, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,148 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 36 were fatal and 399 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,896
1,352nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,148
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
36
41 people killed
Serious collisions
399
485 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for SA3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal361.2%
  • Serious39914%
  • Slight2,46185%

What the data shows

  • SA3 had 183 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 416 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in SA3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 419 children under 16 were killed or injured in SA3, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in SA3.

Where SA3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,352nd
Most casualties
1,265th
Most fatal collisions
1,639th
Most serious collisions
1,765th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday343 (12%)
  • Tuesday346 (12%)
  • Wednesday364 (13%)
  • Thursday370 (13%)
  • Friday452 (16%)
  • Saturday495 (17%)
  • Sunday526 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,005 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit449 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting295 (10%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit71 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown64 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded12 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,570 (89%)
  • Dual carriageway234 (8.1%)
  • Roundabout28 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road24 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded40 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph11 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph2,013 (70%)
  • 40 mph296 (10%)
  • 50 mph13 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph558 (19%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,292 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds348 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds67 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds61 (2.1%)
  • Fog or mist19 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other17 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded83 (2.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,650 (64%)
  • Pedestrian576 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist447 (11%)
  • Cyclist227 (5.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant101 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant66 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant26 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant26 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)16 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant12 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SA3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SA3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SA3 peaked at 123 in 1989; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025710
20241012
20231219
2022914
20211724
20202538
20192432
20182534
20172331
20163148
20153446
20143756
20133349
20124056
20114055
20104058
20093746
20084573
20074870
20066292
200567107
20046995
200374104
20026185
20015683
20005181
19995680
19986288
1997106144
199693130
199575113
199493136
199388130
199278122
199188126
1990109162
1989123174
198886106
1987105129
198681107
198599150
198496142
198378107
198292152
198192132
1980106149
1979113151

Map of recent crashes in SA3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SA3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SA3

The 24 most recent collisions in SA3 happened between 6 May 2023 and 8 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SA3

The A4067 has the most collisions in SA3, 586 of 2,896 (20%), followed by the A4118 (346).

Collisions in SA3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4067586853385
2ndA4118346561545
3rdB4436273406659
4thB4433136179320
5thB4593122152321
6thB42956282413
7thB42715510239
8thB42474169011
9thA4833300

Council area for SA3

SA3 is in Swansea, where police recorded 32,043 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SA3 accounts for 9% of them.

Towns in SA3

Collisions in SA3 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Swansea (1,210) and Bishopston (170).