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Abergavenny road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 910 road traffic collisions in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,148 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 175 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
910
810th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,148
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
17 people killed
Serious collisions
175
194 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Abergavenny

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal161.8%
  • Serious17519%
  • Slight71979%

What the data shows

  • Abergavenny had 60 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 117 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Abergavenny were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 179 children under 16 were killed or injured in Abergavenny, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Abergavenny.

Where Abergavenny ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
810th
Most casualties
810th
Most fatal collisions
588th
Most serious collisions
768th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday119 (13%)
  • Tuesday156 (17%)
  • Wednesday108 (12%)
  • Thursday128 (14%)
  • Friday150 (16%)
  • Saturday156 (17%)
  • Sunday93 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight702 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit185 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway840 (92%)
  • One way street or slip road56 (6.2%)
  • Roundabout9 (1%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph21 (2.3%)
  • 30 mph836 (92%)
  • 40 mph6 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph45 (4.9%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds743 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds114 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other18 (2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant541 (47%)
  • Pedestrian322 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist137 (12%)
  • Cyclist94 (8.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant30 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant10 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Abergavenny road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Abergavenny, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Abergavenny peaked at 40 in 1994; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025811
202434
202378
2022810
202144
202044
201944
2018913
2017811
201658
201556
201488
20131417
2012811
20111416
20101018
20091619
20081012
20071418
20061825
20051214
20041931
20032438
20021623
20011929
20002835
19992743
19983545
19971618
19962124
19952935
19944051
19932426
19922837
19913134
19903031
19893437
19882224
19873140
19863138
19852934
19842939
19833848
19823544
19813746
19802631
19792226

Map of recent crashes in Abergavenny

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Abergavenny

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Abergavenny

The 24 most recent collisions in Abergavenny happened between 5 May 2022 and 15 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Abergavenny

The A40 has the most collisions in Abergavenny, 336 of 910 (37%), followed by the B4521 (76).

Collisions in Abergavenny on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA40336412556
2ndB452176106121
3rdA4143324118
4thB4233152106
5thA46561312

Council area for Abergavenny

Abergavenny is in Monmouthshire, where police recorded 11,395 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Abergavenny accounts for 8% of them.

Postcode district for Abergavenny

All 910 collisions in Abergavenny were in the NP7 postcode district.