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Aberbargoed road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 354 road traffic collisions in Aberbargoed, Caerphilly, from 1979 to 2025, and 482 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 62 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
354
1,409th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
482
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
62
67 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Aberbargoed

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.7%
  • Serious6218%
  • Slight28681%

What the data shows

  • Aberbargoed had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 17% fewer than the 47 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Aberbargoed were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 134 children under 16 were killed or injured in Aberbargoed, 28% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Aberbargoed.

Where Aberbargoed ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,409th
Most casualties
1,360th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,551st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday47 (13%)
  • Tuesday52 (15%)
  • Wednesday56 (16%)
  • Thursday45 (13%)
  • Friday62 (18%)
  • Saturday60 (17%)
  • Sunday32 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight246 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit97 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway346 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (2%)
  • 30 mph321 (91%)
  • 40 mph7 (2%)
  • 50 mph10 (2.8%)
  • 60 mph9 (2.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds283 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds54 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant252 (52%)
  • Pedestrian125 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (7.1%)
  • Cyclist31 (6.4%)
  • Minibus occupant12 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (2.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Aberbargoed road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Aberbargoed, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Aberbargoed peaked at 20 in 2003; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202434
202367
202212
202133
202046
201967
201847
201735
201647
201522
201479
201322
201279
201122
201047
200946
20081214
200723
200657
20051218
20041421
20032028
200267
2001815
200056
19991216
19981119
19971217
19961215
1995910
19941016
19931622
1992913
199133
19901111
19891111
19881011
19871215
19861011
1985819
198444
19831111
1982710
19811116
1980916
197957

Map of recent crashes in Aberbargoed

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Aberbargoed

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Aberbargoed

The 24 most recent collisions in Aberbargoed happened between 2 October 2019 and 6 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Aberbargoed

The A4049 has the most collisions in Aberbargoed, 211 of 354 (60%), followed by the B4511 (28).

Collisions in Aberbargoed on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4049211281639
2ndB4511285205
3rdA4693300

Council area for Aberbargoed

Aberbargoed is in Caerphilly, where police recorded 16,718 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Aberbargoed accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode districts in Aberbargoed

Collisions in Aberbargoed were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by CF81 (312) and NP12 (42).