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Cwm road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 165 road traffic collisions in Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, from 1979 to 2025, and 204 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 41 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
165
2,156th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
204
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
41
43 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cwm

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.6%
  • Serious4125%
  • Slight12375%

What the data shows

  • Cwm had 11 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 15 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Cwm were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 55 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cwm, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Cwm.

Where Cwm ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,156th
Most casualties
2,239th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,948th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (13%)
  • Tuesday32 (19%)
  • Wednesday17 (10%)
  • Thursday24 (15%)
  • Friday33 (20%)
  • Saturday24 (15%)
  • Sunday14 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight119 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway162 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph155 (94%)
  • 40 mph6 (3.6%)
  • 60 mph2 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds124 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (21%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant92 (45%)
  • Pedestrian69 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (9.3%)
  • Cyclist15 (7.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant2 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cwm road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cwm, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cwm peaked at 10 in 1998; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202400
202300
202200
202100
202011
201911
201822
201733
201623
201533
201400
201325
201223
201100
201011
200911
200811
200711
200645
200500
200456
200366
200248
200144
200058
199967
19981017
199744
199688
199555
199458
199355
199278
1991910
199056
198956
198855
198744
198622
198534
198466
198344
198224
1981712
198078
197967

Map of recent crashes in Cwm

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cwm

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cwm

The 24 most recent collisions in Cwm happened between 12 August 2006 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cwm

Of the 165 collisions in Cwm, 93 were on the A4046.

Collisions in Cwm on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA404693121122

Council area for Cwm

Cwm is in Blaenau Gwent, where police recorded 6,870 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cwm accounts for 2.4% of them.

Postcode district for Cwm

All 165 collisions in Cwm were in the NP23 postcode district.