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Caerleon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 362 road traffic collisions in Caerleon, Newport, from 1979 to 2025, and 449 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 92 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
362
1,391st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
449
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
92
99 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Caerleon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.7%
  • Serious9225%
  • Slight26473%

What the data shows

  • Caerleon had 28 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 55 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Caerleon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 74 children under 16 were killed or injured in Caerleon, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Caerleon.

Where Caerleon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,391st
Most casualties
1,418th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,202nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday43 (12%)
  • Tuesday56 (15%)
  • Wednesday53 (15%)
  • Thursday49 (14%)
  • Friday58 (16%)
  • Saturday53 (15%)
  • Sunday50 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight266 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit86 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway275 (76%)
  • One way street or slip road74 (20%)
  • Roundabout7 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (2.8%)
  • 30 mph339 (94%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph10 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds286 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other21 (5.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant221 (49%)
  • Pedestrian106 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist67 (15%)
  • Cyclist30 (6.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Caerleon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Caerleon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Caerleon peaked at 21 in 1992; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202400
202311
202233
202133
202077
201911
201834
201734
201644
201533
201457
201346
201236
201167
201033
200999
200866
200766
20061015
200578
2004811
20031217
2002915
200168
200078
199922
1998812
19971116
199668
19951015
1994911
199367
19922122
199199
19901011
19891318
19881012
19871012
19861516
19851619
19841114
19831213
1982914
19811014
19801518
19791720

Map of recent crashes in Caerleon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Caerleon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Caerleon

The 24 most recent collisions in Caerleon happened between 10 February 2017 and 29 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Caerleon

Of the 362 collisions in Caerleon, 153 were on the B4236.

Collisions in Caerleon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4236153186433

Council area for Caerleon

Caerleon is in Newport, where police recorded 18,188 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Caerleon accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode district for Caerleon

All 362 collisions in Caerleon were in the NP18 postcode district.