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Blaina road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 253 road traffic collisions in Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, from 1979 to 2025, and 345 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 60 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
253
1,720th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
345
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
60
61 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blaina

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.2%
  • Serious6024%
  • Slight19075%

What the data shows

  • Blaina had 23 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 51 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Blaina were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 61 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blaina, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Blaina.

Where Blaina ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,720th
Most casualties
1,662nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,574th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday29 (11%)
  • Tuesday42 (17%)
  • Wednesday38 (15%)
  • Thursday32 (13%)
  • Friday38 (15%)
  • Saturday39 (15%)
  • Sunday35 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight183 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit64 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway235 (93%)
  • Roundabout15 (5.9%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (2%)
  • 30 mph231 (91%)
  • 40 mph4 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph13 (5.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds189 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (3.2%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (2.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other7 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded6 (2.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant175 (51%)
  • Pedestrian83 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist43 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant22 (6.4%)
  • Cyclist15 (4.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blaina road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blaina, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blaina peaked at 13 in 1980; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202423
202311
202244
202133
202034
201911
201800
201734
201634
201544
201422
201356
201223
201122
201057
200968
20081122
2007810
2006610
2005710
2004714
200355
200222
20011012
20001114
199922
199867
199769
199634
19951115
1994610
199344
1992810
199148
199056
198967
198856
198779
198679
19851119
1984810
1983910
1982712
198156
19801319
197945

Map of recent crashes in Blaina

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blaina

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blaina

The 24 most recent collisions in Blaina happened between 8 July 2015 and 29 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blaina

Of the 253 collisions in Blaina, 54 were on the A467.

Collisions in Blaina on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4675481114

Council area for Blaina

Blaina is in Blaenau Gwent, where police recorded 6,870 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blaina accounts for 3.7% of them.

Postcode district for Blaina

All 253 collisions in Blaina were in the NP13 postcode district.