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Briton Ferry and Baglan road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 888 road traffic collisions in Briton Ferry and Baglan, Neath Port Talbot, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,176 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 121 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
888
819th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,176
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
13 people killed
Serious collisions
121
142 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Briton Ferry and Baglan

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal121.4%
  • Serious12114%
  • Slight75585%

What the data shows

  • Briton Ferry and Baglan had 60 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 67% fewer than the 182 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Briton Ferry and Baglan were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 206 children under 16 were killed or injured in Briton Ferry and Baglan, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Briton Ferry and Baglan.

Where Briton Ferry and Baglan ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
819th
Most casualties
801st
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
1,000th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday91 (10%)
  • Tuesday124 (14%)
  • Wednesday130 (15%)
  • Thursday142 (16%)
  • Friday135 (15%)
  • Saturday154 (17%)
  • Sunday112 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight619 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit225 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit18 (2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway655 (74%)
  • Dual carriageway112 (13%)
  • Roundabout94 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded13 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph724 (82%)
  • 40 mph8 (0.9%)
  • 50 mph15 (1.7%)
  • 60 mph20 (2.3%)
  • 70 mph110 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds691 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds104 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds30 (3.4%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other9 (1%)
  • Not recorded38 (4.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant675 (57%)
  • Pedestrian226 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist126 (11%)
  • Cyclist64 (5.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant43 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant22 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Briton Ferry and Baglan road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Briton Ferry and Baglan, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Briton Ferry and Baglan peaked at 35 in 1994; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202445
202355
202247
202134
2020711
201978
201877
20171114
20161119
20151415
20141522
20131217
20121625
20112024
20101926
20091827
20081622
20073148
20062129
20052641
20042528
20033141
20022531
20012333
20001521
19992435
19982941
19971522
19961823
19952024
19943548
19932527
19922638
19912632
19902428
19893345
19882023
19872431
19861722
19852329
19841619
19831518
19823035
19812533
19802531
19793141

Map of recent crashes in Briton Ferry and Baglan

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Briton Ferry and Baglan

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Briton Ferry and Baglan

The 24 most recent collisions in Briton Ferry and Baglan happened between 31 January 2020 and 1 February 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Briton Ferry and Baglan

The A474 has the most collisions in Briton Ferry and Baglan, 228 of 888 (26%), followed by the A48 (221).

Collisions in Briton Ferry and Baglan on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA474228303527
2ndA48221316425
3rdM4121903

Council area for Briton Ferry and Baglan

Briton Ferry and Baglan is in Neath Port Talbot, where police recorded 16,777 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Briton Ferry and Baglan accounts for 5.3% of them.

Postcode districts in Briton Ferry and Baglan

Collisions in Briton Ferry and Baglan were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by SA11 (589) and SA12 (299).