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Chepstow road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 851 road traffic collisions in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,073 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 169 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
851
842nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,073
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Serious collisions
169
191 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Chepstow

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal121.4%
  • Serious16920%
  • Slight67079%

What the data shows

  • Chepstow had 88 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 12% fewer than the 100 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Chepstow were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 178 children under 16 were killed or injured in Chepstow, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Chepstow.

Where Chepstow ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
842nd
Most casualties
850th
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
789th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday126 (15%)
  • Tuesday129 (15%)
  • Wednesday102 (12%)
  • Thursday133 (16%)
  • Friday146 (17%)
  • Saturday121 (14%)
  • Sunday94 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight635 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit179 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway729 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road63 (7.4%)
  • Dual carriageway38 (4.5%)
  • Roundabout13 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph23 (2.7%)
  • 30 mph730 (86%)
  • 40 mph34 (4%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph49 (5.8%)
  • 70 mph9 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds678 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds104 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (2%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other30 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant488 (45%)
  • Pedestrian282 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist166 (15%)
  • Cyclist87 (8.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant13 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Chepstow road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Chepstow, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Chepstow peaked at 39 in 1982; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
20241014
20231111
202288
20211216
2020811
201988
2018911
2017913
201666
20151012
201489
201388
20121317
201155
20101112
2009914
20081317
20071013
20061315
20051725
20041516
20032230
20021620
20012226
20002443
19992629
19983139
19972430
19962532
19953041
19941925
19932730
19922634
19911820
19903548
19892529
19882738
19872026
19862531
19853239
19842933
19831824
19823949
19812130
19803134
19791925

Map of recent crashes in Chepstow

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Chepstow

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Chepstow

The 24 most recent collisions in Chepstow happened between 18 July 2023 and 21 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Chepstow

The A48 has the most collisions in Chepstow, 275 of 851 (32%), followed by the A466 (78).

Collisions in Chepstow on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA48275358464
2ndA46678121617
3rdB42936982014
4thM4111603

Council area for Chepstow

Chepstow is in Monmouthshire, where police recorded 11,395 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Chepstow accounts for 7.5% of them.

Postcode district for Chepstow

All 851 collisions in Chepstow were in the NP16 postcode district.