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Burry Port road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 315 road traffic collisions in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 419 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 89 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
315
1,507th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
419
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
8 people killed
Serious collisions
89
105 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Burry Port

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.9%
  • Serious8928%
  • Slight22070%

What the data shows

  • Burry Port had 47 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% fewer than the 54 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Burry Port were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 67 children under 16 were killed or injured in Burry Port, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Burry Port.

Where Burry Port ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,507th
Most casualties
1,482nd
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,221st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday38 (12%)
  • Tuesday39 (12%)
  • Wednesday43 (14%)
  • Thursday46 (15%)
  • Friday45 (14%)
  • Saturday55 (17%)
  • Sunday49 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight237 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit73 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway303 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph14 (4.4%)
  • 30 mph290 (92%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph5 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds242 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2.9%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Other10 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant224 (53%)
  • Pedestrian61 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist53 (13%)
  • Cyclist42 (10%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (2.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Burry Port road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Burry Port, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Burry Port peaked at 13 in 1982; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202455
202378
202258
202145
202011
2019911
201822
2017712
201622
201511
201424
201334
201255
20111014
201035
200955
20081115
2007912
2006510
2005610
2004810
20031013
200277
200188
20001118
199957
199856
1997514
199679
199578
199466
1993812
19921118
1991610
199068
1989810
1988712
198799
1986913
198567
19841113
198378
19821314
19811116
19801314
197945

Map of recent crashes in Burry Port

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Burry Port

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Burry Port

The 24 most recent collisions in Burry Port happened between 16 July 2021 and 23 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Burry Port

The A484 has the most collisions in Burry Port, 153 of 315 (49%), followed by the B4311 (47).

Collisions in Burry Port on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA484153226548
2ndB43114764113

Council area for Burry Port

Burry Port is in Carmarthenshire, where police recorded 25,619 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Burry Port accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Burry Port

All 315 collisions in Burry Port were in the SA16 postcode district.