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Cardigan road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 413 road traffic collisions in Cardigan, Ceredigion, from 1979 to 2025, and 499 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 116 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
413
1,286th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
499
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
116
131 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cardigan

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.5%
  • Serious11628%
  • Slight29571%

What the data shows

  • Cardigan had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 86 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Cardigan were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 96 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cardigan, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Cardigan.

Where Cardigan ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,286th
Most casualties
1,323rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,035th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday53 (13%)
  • Tuesday59 (14%)
  • Wednesday69 (17%)
  • Thursday67 (16%)
  • Friday77 (19%)
  • Saturday57 (14%)
  • Sunday31 (7.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight306 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit86 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (2.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway286 (69%)
  • One way street or slip road120 (29%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph16 (3.9%)
  • 30 mph372 (90%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph22 (5.3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds312 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds62 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other12 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded10 (2.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant205 (41%)
  • Pedestrian188 (38%)
  • Motorcyclist49 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist42 (8.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.6%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cardigan road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cardigan, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cardigan peaked at 18 in 1990; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202422
202366
202236
202100
202011
201945
201888
201766
2016811
201555
20141112
201346
201266
201177
201099
200978
20081111
20071012
20061618
20051112
20041010
20031216
200266
20011219
20001012
1999711
19981317
199779
19961011
19951010
19941217
199333
19921112
1991914
19901820
198969
19881011
19871015
19861111
19851519
19841219
19831620
19821419
198199
19801112
1979910

Map of recent crashes in Cardigan

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cardigan

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cardigan

The 24 most recent collisions in Cardigan happened between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cardigan

The A487 has the most collisions in Cardigan, 113 of 413 (27%), followed by the B4548 (68).

Collisions in Cardigan on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA487113142242
2ndB45486889021
3rdB4546202906
4thA484101105
5thA4783500

Council area for Cardigan

Cardigan is in Ceredigion, where police recorded 10,463 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cardigan accounts for 3.9% of them.

Postcode district for Cardigan

All 413 collisions in Cardigan were in the SA43 postcode district.