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Abercynon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 425 road traffic collisions in Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf, from 1979 to 2025, and 561 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 66 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
425
1,263rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
561
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
66
70 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Abercynon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.6%
  • Serious6616%
  • Slight35283%

What the data shows

  • Abercynon had 30 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 70% fewer than the 100 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Abercynon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 125 children under 16 were killed or injured in Abercynon, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Abercynon.

Where Abercynon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,263rd
Most casualties
1,248th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,487th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday54 (13%)
  • Tuesday53 (12%)
  • Wednesday66 (16%)
  • Thursday73 (17%)
  • Friday57 (13%)
  • Saturday71 (17%)
  • Sunday51 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight288 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit100 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting23 (5.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway348 (82%)
  • Dual carriageway33 (7.8%)
  • One way street or slip road28 (6.6%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded12 (2.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph347 (82%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 50 mph10 (2.4%)
  • 60 mph32 (7.5%)
  • 70 mph25 (5.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds331 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds72 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other4 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant312 (56%)
  • Pedestrian150 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist33 (5.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant24 (4.3%)
  • Cyclist23 (4.1%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Abercynon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Abercynon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Abercynon peaked at 20 in 1990; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202411
202324
202234
202157
202036
201944
201813
201734
201633
201566
2014710
20131114
20121020
20111526
2010915
200968
20081315
20071531
2006810
20051415
200456
200368
200279
20011215
2000911
1999910
199855
1997811
19961418
19951010
19941417
19931517
199288
199188
19902022
19891620
19881415
1987917
1986910
19851423
198499
19831422
19821113
19811723
198066
19791215

Map of recent crashes in Abercynon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Abercynon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Abercynon

The 24 most recent collisions in Abercynon happened between 24 July 2018 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Abercynon

The B4275 has the most collisions in Abercynon, 163 of 425 (38%), followed by the A4059 (46).

Collisions in Abercynon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4275163218422
2ndA4059468008
3rdA470253215
4thA40543300

Council area for Abercynon

Abercynon is in Rhondda Cynon Taf, where police recorded 26,648 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Abercynon accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Abercynon

All 425 collisions in Abercynon were in the CF45 postcode district.