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Bishopston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 170 road traffic collisions in Bishopston, Swansea, from 1979 to 2025, and 242 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 27 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
170
2,129th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
242
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
2 people killed
Serious collisions
27
35 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bishopston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.6%
  • Serious2716%
  • Slight14284%

What the data shows

  • Bishopston had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 27 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Bishopston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 31 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bishopston, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Bishopston.

Where Bishopston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,129th
Most casualties
2,040th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday29 (17%)
  • Tuesday23 (14%)
  • Wednesday21 (12%)
  • Thursday21 (12%)
  • Friday25 (15%)
  • Saturday25 (15%)
  • Sunday26 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight119 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit26 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (11%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (2.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway166 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (2.4%)
  • 30 mph124 (73%)
  • 40 mph24 (14%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph17 (10%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds134 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (3.5%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant143 (59%)
  • Motorcyclist35 (14%)
  • Pedestrian34 (14%)
  • Cyclist19 (7.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bishopston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bishopston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bishopston peaked at 8 in 2002; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202524
202400
202300
202214
202111
202022
201911
201822
201711
201623
201500
201435
201355
201222
201133
201033
200911
200859
200734
200623
200535
200435
200336
200289
200169
200057
199924
1998810
199755
199644
199535
199425
199367
1992614
1991610
199039
198924
198824
1987711
198656
198545
198478
198379
1982810
198145
198066
197967

Map of recent crashes in Bishopston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bishopston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bishopston

The 24 most recent collisions in Bishopston happened between 16 March 2011 and 19 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bishopston

The B4436 has the most collisions in Bishopston, 64 of 170 (38%), followed by the A4118 (4).

Collisions in Bishopston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB44366496112
2ndA41184600
3rdB45934402

Council area for Bishopston

Bishopston is in Swansea, where police recorded 32,043 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bishopston accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Bishopston

All 170 collisions in Bishopston were in the SA3 postcode district.