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Abersychan road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 364 road traffic collisions in Abersychan, Torfaen, from 1979 to 2025, and 461 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 90 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
364
1,385th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
461
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
90
100 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Abersychan

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal82.2%
  • Serious9025%
  • Slight26673%

What the data shows

  • Abersychan had 41 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% fewer than the 46 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Abersychan were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 109 children under 16 were killed or injured in Abersychan, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Abersychan.

Where Abersychan ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,385th
Most casualties
1,394th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,216th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday57 (16%)
  • Tuesday42 (12%)
  • Wednesday46 (13%)
  • Thursday63 (17%)
  • Friday64 (18%)
  • Saturday53 (15%)
  • Sunday39 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight286 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit62 (17%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (2.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway355 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (2.5%)
  • 30 mph339 (93%)
  • 40 mph15 (4.1%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds291 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (3.6%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other7 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant226 (49%)
  • Pedestrian112 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist61 (13%)
  • Cyclist37 (8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Abersychan road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Abersychan, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Abersychan peaked at 19 in 1996; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202467
202337
202267
202100
202023
201933
201855
2017511
201679
201522
201466
201366
201244
201177
201066
200934
200845
200745
200644
200544
200467
200389
20021013
200156
20001118
19991015
19981424
19971520
19961924
199579
19941418
19931011
19921112
1991911
19901112
1989710
19881518
198789
1986913
19851420
19841010
19831012
19821422
19811215
198077
197977

Map of recent crashes in Abersychan

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Abersychan

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Abersychan

The 24 most recent collisions in Abersychan happened between 2 June 2019 and 29 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Abersychan

The A4043 has the most collisions in Abersychan, 118 of 364 (32%), followed by the B4246 (97).

Collisions in Abersychan on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4043118153126
2ndB424697124325

Council area for Abersychan

Abersychan is in Torfaen, where police recorded 7,949 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Abersychan accounts for 4.6% of them.

Postcode district for Abersychan

All 364 collisions in Abersychan were in the NP4 postcode district.