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Abertillery road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 624 road traffic collisions in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, from 1979 to 2025, and 766 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 109 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
624
1,014th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
766
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
109
116 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Abertillery

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.1%
  • Serious10917%
  • Slight50881%

What the data shows

  • Abertillery had 63 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 93 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Abertillery were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 197 children under 16 were killed or injured in Abertillery, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Abertillery.

Where Abertillery ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,014th
Most casualties
1,034th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,083rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday82 (13%)
  • Tuesday79 (13%)
  • Wednesday80 (13%)
  • Thursday97 (16%)
  • Friday109 (17%)
  • Saturday106 (17%)
  • Sunday71 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight432 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit175 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway555 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road65 (10%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph593 (95%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph15 (2.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds463 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds103 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other23 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant295 (39%)
  • Pedestrian287 (37%)
  • Motorcyclist74 (9.7%)
  • Cyclist45 (5.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant38 (5%)
  • Van occupant8 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.8%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Abertillery road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Abertillery, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Abertillery peaked at 28 in 1993; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202444
202377
202289
2021612
2020812
201989
201834
201766
201688
2015611
201468
201379
20121222
20111012
2010815
20091012
20081011
20071314
20061115
2005914
20041216
20031010
20021316
20011931
20001420
19991315
19981922
19971516
19961719
19951416
19941722
19932831
19922627
19911828
19901723
19892830
19882224
19871214
19861517
19851314
19841718
19831316
19821822
19812628
19802325
19792026

Map of recent crashes in Abertillery

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Abertillery

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Abertillery

The 24 most recent collisions in Abertillery happened between 1 January 2022 and 28 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Abertillery

Of the 624 collisions in Abertillery, 132 were on the A467.

Collisions in Abertillery on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA467132170223

Council area for Abertillery

Abertillery is in Blaenau Gwent, where police recorded 6,870 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Abertillery accounts for 9.1% of them.

Postcode district for Abertillery

All 624 collisions in Abertillery were in the NP13 postcode district.