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Cowbridge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 222 road traffic collisions in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, from 1979 to 2025, and 273 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 33 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
222
1,841st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
273
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
33
36 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cowbridge

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.5%
  • Serious3315%
  • Slight18885%

What the data shows

  • Cowbridge had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Cowbridge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 32 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cowbridge, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Cowbridge.

Where Cowbridge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,841st
Most casualties
1,917th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,208th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (13%)
  • Tuesday41 (18%)
  • Wednesday31 (14%)
  • Thursday34 (15%)
  • Friday28 (13%)
  • Saturday33 (15%)
  • Sunday27 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight176 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (4.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway200 (90%)
  • Dual carriageway13 (5.9%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.8%)
  • 30 mph176 (79%)
  • 50 mph3 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph31 (14%)
  • 70 mph8 (3.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds162 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Other2 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded7 (3.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant141 (52%)
  • Pedestrian69 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist31 (11%)
  • Cyclist14 (5.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (2.6%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cowbridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cowbridge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cowbridge peaked at 10 in 1994; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202435
202300
202211
202111
202000
201933
201822
201768
201622
201522
201477
201322
201244
2011611
201045
200955
200811
200744
200655
200533
200433
2003815
2002811
200167
200034
199955
199877
199735
199656
199544
19941011
199399
199234
199145
19901015
1989910
1988815
198734
198678
198589
198457
198356
198255
198167
198057
19791011

Map of recent crashes in Cowbridge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cowbridge

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cowbridge

The 24 most recent collisions in Cowbridge happened between 13 November 2014 and 18 February 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cowbridge

The A4222 has the most collisions in Cowbridge, 64 of 222 (29%), followed by the B4270 (18).

Collisions in Cowbridge on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA42226484011
2ndB4270182304
3rdA48131714

Council area for Cowbridge

Cowbridge is in the Vale of Glamorgan, where police recorded 13,395 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cowbridge accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode district for Cowbridge

All 222 collisions in Cowbridge were in the CF71 postcode district.