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Cwmavon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 226 road traffic collisions in Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot, from 1979 to 2025, and 290 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 30 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
226
1,822nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
290
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
30
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cwmavon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.9%
  • Serious3013%
  • Slight19486%

What the data shows

  • Cwmavon had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 74% fewer than the 34 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Cwmavon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 79 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cwmavon, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Cwmavon.

Where Cwmavon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,822nd
Most casualties
1,846th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (9.7%)
  • Tuesday40 (18%)
  • Wednesday31 (14%)
  • Thursday44 (19%)
  • Friday26 (12%)
  • Saturday33 (15%)
  • Sunday30 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight153 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit59 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (2.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway209 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1.8%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded8 (3.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph220 (97%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph3 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds174 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Other7 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (3.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant129 (44%)
  • Pedestrian68 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (14%)
  • Cyclist30 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant9 (3.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cwmavon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cwmavon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cwmavon peaked at 13 in 1990; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202323
202211
202100
202023
201911
201800
201711
201614
201533
201445
201311
201245
201157
201022
200966
200823
200744
200634
200556
200479
200378
20021020
200188
200055
199977
1998812
199779
199668
199579
199445
199322
199278
199123
19901323
19891318
198877
198769
198666
198534
198478
198345
1982810
198179
19801011
197977

Map of recent crashes in Cwmavon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cwmavon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cwmavon

The 24 most recent collisions in Cwmavon happened between 22 July 2011 and 22 May 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cwmavon

Of the 226 collisions in Cwmavon, 64 were on the B4286.

Collisions in Cwmavon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB42866493014

Council area for Cwmavon

Cwmavon is in Neath Port Talbot, where police recorded 16,777 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cwmavon accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Cwmavon

All 226 collisions in Cwmavon were in the SA12 postcode district.