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Bargod road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 700 road traffic collisions in Bargod, Caerphilly, from 1979 to 2025, and 871 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 97 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
700
946th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
871
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
97
101 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bargod

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal50.7%
  • Serious9714%
  • Slight59885%

What the data shows

  • Bargod had 60 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 73 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Bargod were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 202 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bargod, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Bargod.

Where Bargod ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
946th
Most casualties
950th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,165th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday88 (13%)
  • Tuesday106 (15%)
  • Wednesday94 (13%)
  • Thursday107 (15%)
  • Friday128 (18%)
  • Saturday107 (15%)
  • Sunday70 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight518 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit154 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway670 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (2.1%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph11 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph682 (97%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph4 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds541 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds111 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (2.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other14 (2%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant350 (40%)
  • Pedestrian314 (36%)
  • Bus or coach occupant69 (7.9%)
  • Motorcyclist68 (7.8%)
  • Cyclist41 (4.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant9 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bargod road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bargod, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bargod peaked at 32 in 1987; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
2024813
202359
202211
202199
2020611
2019712
2018713
20171113
201622
201544
201467
201358
201268
201169
201034
200966
20081118
20071212
20061418
20051924
20041416
20031624
20021419
20012125
20001923
19991420
19982126
19971319
19961213
19952340
19942323
19932938
19921620
19912935
19902427
19892630
19882224
19873234
19862024
19852526
19842325
19831919
19821922
19813135
19802434
19791925

Map of recent crashes in Bargod

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bargod

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bargod

The 24 most recent collisions in Bargod happened between 3 June 2021 and 18 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bargod

The A469 has the most collisions in Bargod, 322 of 700 (46%), followed by the A4049 (5).

Collisions in Bargod on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA469322406244
2ndA40495501

Council area for Bargod

Bargod is in Caerphilly, where police recorded 16,718 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bargod accounts for 4.2% of them.

Postcode district for Bargod

All 700 collisions in Bargod were in the CF81 postcode district.