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Caerphilly road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,608 road traffic collisions in Caerphilly from 1979 to 2025, and 3,339 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 39 were fatal and 391 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 21 collisions, down 19% on 2024 (26).

Collisions since 1979
2,608
377th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,339
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
39
41 people killed
Serious collisions
391
437 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
21
Down 19% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
25
Down 38% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Caerphilly

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal391.5%
  • Serious39115%
  • Slight2,17884%

What the data shows

  • Caerphilly had 209 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 407 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Caerphilly were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 713 children under 16 were killed or injured in Caerphilly, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Caerphilly.

Where Caerphilly ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
377th
Most casualties
366th
Most fatal collisions
276th
Most serious collisions
421st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday364 (14%)
  • Tuesday350 (13%)
  • Wednesday358 (14%)
  • Thursday421 (16%)
  • Friday456 (17%)
  • Saturday420 (16%)
  • Sunday239 (9.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,907 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit587 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit45 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting37 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown27 (1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,106 (81%)
  • One way street or slip road259 (9.9%)
  • Roundabout169 (6.5%)
  • Dual carriageway41 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded33 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph35 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph2,316 (89%)
  • 40 mph111 (4.3%)
  • 50 mph10 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph124 (4.8%)
  • 70 mph11 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,064 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds350 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds62 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds33 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other51 (2%)
  • Not recorded33 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,646 (49%)
  • Pedestrian895 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist298 (8.9%)
  • Cyclist200 (6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant169 (5.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant50 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant45 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)17 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Caerphilly road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Caerphilly, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Caerphilly peaked at 111 in 1982; 2025 had 21.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252125
20242640
20231722
20222126
20211519
20201722
20191819
20182633
20172937
20161931
20153345
20143441
20134159
20122832
20113142
20103945
20094858
20084558
20074853
20066087
20054458
20045874
20036789
200272150
20016687
200077101
19997491
19985671
199787117
19966597
199574101
19947196
19936580
19926171
19915562
199081109
19898088
198892116
19876874
19865259
19858698
19847480
19837895
1982111136
1981103129
198087105
197988111

Map of recent crashes in Caerphilly

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Caerphilly

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Caerphilly

The 24 most recent collisions in Caerphilly happened between 19 November 2024 and 28 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Caerphilly

The A469 has the most collisions in Caerphilly, 420 of 2,608 (16%), followed by the B4263 (332).

Collisions in Caerphilly on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA469420514861
2ndB4263332432555
3rdA4683274371147
4thB4600265380637
5thB4623179232128
6thA44700
7thA46004500
8thB43402

Council area for Caerphilly

Caerphilly is in Caerphilly, where police recorded 16,718 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Caerphilly accounts for 16% of them.

Postcode district for Caerphilly

All 2,608 collisions in Caerphilly were in the CF83 postcode district.