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Ebbw Vale road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,568 road traffic collisions in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,072 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 279 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,568
544th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,072
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
279
309 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ebbw Vale

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal100.6%
  • Serious27918%
  • Slight1,27982%

What the data shows

  • Ebbw Vale had 142 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 261 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Ebbw Vale were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 412 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ebbw Vale, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Ebbw Vale.

Where Ebbw Vale ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
544th
Most casualties
520th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
537th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday195 (12%)
  • Tuesday200 (13%)
  • Wednesday213 (14%)
  • Thursday254 (16%)
  • Friday294 (19%)
  • Saturday231 (15%)
  • Sunday181 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,186 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit331 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit18 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown14 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,395 (89%)
  • Roundabout95 (6.1%)
  • One way street or slip road42 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway29 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph25 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph1,312 (84%)
  • 40 mph85 (5.4%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph134 (8.5%)
  • 70 mph10 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,177 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds224 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds45 (2.9%)
  • Fine with high winds22 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds19 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist10 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds7 (0.4%)
  • Other45 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded19 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,126 (54%)
  • Pedestrian485 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist172 (8.3%)
  • Cyclist119 (5.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant90 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant31 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant19 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ebbw Vale road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ebbw Vale, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ebbw Vale peaked at 58 in 1990; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251315
20241117
20231317
20221018
20211619
20201011
20191623
20182231
20171620
20161523
20151418
20142538
20132236
20123346
20112121
20102438
20092641
20083352
20072642
20063754
20053950
20045072
20032440
20024153
20014555
20003955
19993642
19984663
19974758
19963853
19955160
19943755
19934150
19924154
19914656
19905871
19895262
19884256
19873539
19863346
19855359
19844357
19835057
19824964
19814253
19803747
19795065

Map of recent crashes in Ebbw Vale

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ebbw Vale

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ebbw Vale

The 24 most recent collisions in Ebbw Vale happened between 18 January 2024 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ebbw Vale

The A4046 has the most collisions in Ebbw Vale, 316 of 1,568 (20%), followed by the A4047 (207).

Collisions in Ebbw Vale on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4046316439351
2ndA4047207265134
3rdB447895120216
4thA46590146215
5thB448684118020
6thB4560202904
7thA44500
8thB44853400

Council area for Ebbw Vale

Ebbw Vale is in Blaenau Gwent, where police recorded 6,870 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ebbw Vale accounts for 23% of them.

Postcode district for Ebbw Vale

All 1,568 collisions in Ebbw Vale were in the NP23 postcode district.