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Cwmbrân road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,122 road traffic collisions in Cwmbrân, Torfaen, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,114 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 51 were fatal and 632 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 27 collisions, down 16% on 2024 (32).

Collisions since 1979
3,122
324th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
4,114
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
51
60 people killed
Serious collisions
632
723 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
27
Down 16% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
32
Down 11% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Cwmbrân

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal511.6%
  • Serious63220%
  • Slight2,43978%

What the data shows

  • Cwmbrân had 280 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 418 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Cwmbrân were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 809 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cwmbrân, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Cwmbrân.

Where Cwmbrân ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
324th
Most casualties
309th
Most fatal collisions
218th
Most serious collisions
279th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday462 (15%)
  • Tuesday394 (13%)
  • Wednesday464 (15%)
  • Thursday473 (15%)
  • Friday533 (17%)
  • Saturday500 (16%)
  • Sunday296 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,334 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit679 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown55 (1.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit38 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,523 (81%)
  • Roundabout276 (8.8%)
  • Dual carriageway157 (5%)
  • One way street or slip road146 (4.7%)
  • Not recorded20 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph32 (1%)
  • 30 mph2,459 (79%)
  • 40 mph379 (12%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph157 (5%)
  • 70 mph90 (2.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,322 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds517 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds79 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds44 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist19 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other99 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded27 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,227 (54%)
  • Pedestrian810 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist443 (11%)
  • Cyclist311 (7.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant156 (3.8%)
  • Van occupant49 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant42 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant37 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant19 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)14 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cwmbrân road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cwmbrân, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cwmbrân peaked at 124 in 1982; 2025 had 27.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 27
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252732
20243236
20233243
20223136
20213035
20201825
20192125
20182438
20172938
20163644
20153042
20144262
20133953
20122337
20112538
20105066
20094862
20084457
20075062
20066777
20055779
20047496
20036187
200279112
20017195
20006084
199989116
199880106
199786111
199692120
1995108155
199486112
199388125
199291112
199192133
199098117
198998121
198892121
19877296
198682107
198599134
1984102130
1983107141
1982124170
1981109139
1980109135
1979118152

Map of recent crashes in Cwmbrân

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cwmbrân

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cwmbrân

The 24 most recent collisions in Cwmbrân happened between 16 March and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cwmbrân

The A4051 has the most collisions in Cwmbrân, 364 of 3,122 (12%), followed by the A4042 (183).

Collisions in Cwmbrân on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4051364497980
2ndA4042183278548
3rdB4236294106
4thA43500

Council area for Cwmbrân

Cwmbrân is in Torfaen, where police recorded 7,949 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cwmbrân accounts for 39% of them.

Postcode district for Cwmbrân

All 3,122 collisions in Cwmbrân were in the NP44 postcode district.