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Blackwood road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 906 road traffic collisions in Blackwood, Caerphilly, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,176 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 160 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
906
811th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,176
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Serious collisions
160
167 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blackwood

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal60.7%
  • Serious16018%
  • Slight74082%

What the data shows

  • Blackwood had 89 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 115 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Blackwood were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 214 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blackwood, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Blackwood.

Where Blackwood ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
811th
Most casualties
801st
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
825th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday111 (12%)
  • Tuesday113 (12%)
  • Wednesday127 (14%)
  • Thursday143 (16%)
  • Friday179 (20%)
  • Saturday148 (16%)
  • Sunday85 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight627 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit261 (29%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway885 (98%)
  • Roundabout9 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (0.8%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph14 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph861 (95%)
  • 40 mph7 (0.8%)
  • 50 mph13 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph10 (1.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds669 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds144 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other38 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded11 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant605 (51%)
  • Pedestrian361 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist85 (7.2%)
  • Cyclist54 (4.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant38 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant13 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blackwood road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blackwood, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blackwood peaked at 35 in 1989; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202457
20231314
202277
202178
20201317
20191115
2018911
20171014
20161013
2015710
20141316
20131216
2012914
20111213
20101213
20091122
2008911
20071321
20061728
20051721
20042939
20033347
20022934
20012126
20003353
19993142
19982537
19972534
19963454
19953143
19942228
19932938
19922631
19912021
19903335
19893539
19882534
19872836
19863141
19851717
19842022
19832528
19822124
19812226
19801522
19792530

Map of recent crashes in Blackwood

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blackwood

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blackwood

The 24 most recent collisions in Blackwood happened between 7 December 2022 and 14 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blackwood

The A4048 has the most collisions in Blackwood, 299 of 906 (33%), followed by the B4254 (88).

Collisions in Blackwood on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4048299379153
2ndB425488128114
3rdB425181111014

Council area for Blackwood

Blackwood is in Caerphilly, where police recorded 16,718 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blackwood accounts for 5.4% of them.

Postcode district for Blackwood

All 906 collisions in Blackwood were in the NP12 postcode district.