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Blaenavon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 222 road traffic collisions in Blaenavon, Torfaen, from 1979 to 2025, and 270 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 43 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
222
1,841st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
270
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
43
44 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blaenavon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.5%
  • Serious4319%
  • Slight17880%

What the data shows

  • Blaenavon had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 4% more than the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Blaenavon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 72 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blaenavon, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Blaenavon.

Where Blaenavon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,841st
Most casualties
1,929th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,903rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (18%)
  • Tuesday30 (14%)
  • Wednesday28 (13%)
  • Thursday36 (16%)
  • Friday35 (16%)
  • Saturday25 (11%)
  • Sunday29 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight153 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit59 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway204 (92%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (4.1%)
  • Roundabout8 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (3.2%)
  • 30 mph205 (92%)
  • 40 mph5 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph5 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds167 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (3.2%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Other5 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant114 (42%)
  • Pedestrian81 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist38 (14%)
  • Cyclist27 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blaenavon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blaenavon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blaenavon peaked at 12 in 1993; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202444
202356
202222
202157
202023
201922
201811
201724
201633
201545
201469
201311
201200
201123
201045
200945
200800
200700
200677
200522
200435
200368
200233
200157
200067
199945
199833
199734
199655
199522
199412
19931214
199234
199167
199066
19891010
198878
19871114
19861113
19851111
1984811
1983911
198278
198179
198033
19791116

Map of recent crashes in Blaenavon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blaenavon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blaenavon

The 24 most recent collisions in Blaenavon happened between 11 December 2018 and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blaenavon

The A4043 has the most collisions in Blaenavon, 35 of 222 (16%), followed by the B4246 (35).

Collisions in Blaenavon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4043354508
2ndB4246354517

Council area for Blaenavon

Blaenavon is in Torfaen, where police recorded 7,949 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blaenavon accounts for 2.8% of them.

Postcode district for Blaenavon

All 222 collisions in Blaenavon were in the NP4 postcode district.