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Barry (Vale of Glamorgan) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,611 road traffic collisions in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,768 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 52 were fatal and 680 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 38 collisions, up 41% on 2024 (27).

Collisions since 1979
4,611
226th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
5,768
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
52
54 people killed
Serious collisions
680
765 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
38
Up 41% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
46
Up 35% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Barry

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal521.1%
  • Serious68015%
  • Slight3,87984%

What the data shows

  • Barry had 421 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 841 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Barry were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,142 children under 16 were killed or injured in Barry, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Barry.

Where Barry ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
226th
Most casualties
228th
Most fatal collisions
214th
Most serious collisions
261st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday667 (14%)
  • Tuesday670 (15%)
  • Wednesday673 (15%)
  • Thursday681 (15%)
  • Friday764 (17%)
  • Saturday657 (14%)
  • Sunday499 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,276 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,107 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit76 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown72 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting60 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded20 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,854 (84%)
  • Roundabout360 (7.8%)
  • Dual carriageway160 (3.5%)
  • One way street or slip road144 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded93 (2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph63 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph4,197 (91%)
  • 40 mph214 (4.6%)
  • 50 mph45 (1%)
  • 60 mph85 (1.8%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,659 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds637 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds58 (1.3%)
  • Fine with high winds54 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist17 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other83 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded93 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,973 (52%)
  • Pedestrian1,442 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist568 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist447 (7.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant111 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant90 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant75 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant24 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)22 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Barry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Barry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Barry peaked at 154 in 1984; 2025 had 38.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 38
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253846
20242734
20233644
20223745
20213545
20203343
20195566
20184659
20175068
20166485
20156686
20147189
20137095
201282103
201193128
201087109
200993119
200897122
200796133
200686117
2005122161
2004119147
2003107147
2002109144
200191116
2000113153
1999100125
1998114155
1997111143
199693114
199598118
1994132160
1993125172
1992133184
1991146179
1990143166
1989147169
1988148170
1987141160
198698115
1985124141
1984154182
1983151167
1982145181
1981126150
1980121152
1979138161

Map of recent crashes in Barry

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Barry

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Barry

The 24 most recent collisions in Barry happened between 18 April and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Barry

The A4055 has the most collisions in Barry, 437 of 4,611 (9.5%), followed by the A4050 (306).

Collisions in Barry on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4055437598963
2ndA4050306417650
3rdB42948599215
4thB42675881110
5thB42665065010
6thA4226467003
7thA4231314718
8thB42654402

Council area for Barry

Barry is in the Vale of Glamorgan, where police recorded 13,395 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Barry accounts for 34% of them.

Postcode districts in Barry

Collisions in Barry were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by CF62 (2,429) and CF63 (1,994).