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Ferndale road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 387 road traffic collisions in Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf, from 1979 to 2025, and 489 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 42 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
387
1,339th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
489
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
42
46 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ferndale

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.5%
  • Serious4211%
  • Slight34389%

What the data shows

  • Ferndale had 38 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 73 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 11% of collisions in Ferndale were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 101 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ferndale, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Ferndale.

Where Ferndale ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,339th
Most casualties
1,342nd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,923rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (16%)
  • Tuesday60 (16%)
  • Wednesday52 (13%)
  • Thursday59 (15%)
  • Friday62 (16%)
  • Saturday49 (13%)
  • Sunday45 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight278 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit93 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (2.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway365 (94%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (2.6%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (1.8%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (2.3%)
  • 30 mph375 (97%)
  • 60 mph3 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds312 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (2.8%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant214 (44%)
  • Pedestrian178 (36%)
  • Bus or coach occupant34 (7%)
  • Motorcyclist30 (6.1%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (2.7%)
  • Cyclist8 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ferndale road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ferndale, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ferndale peaked at 16 in 1993; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202444
202334
202233
202133
202033
2019813
201811
201756
2016716
201589
201467
201377
201269
20111015
201045
200967
2008914
2007710
20061012
2005712
200466
20031515
200277
20011317
2000811
199966
19981115
19971315
19961216
19951315
19941418
19931619
19921623
19911015
19901218
1989914
198856
19871215
198666
198544
19841517
19831011
198288
19811212
198089
197989

Map of recent crashes in Ferndale

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ferndale

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ferndale

The 24 most recent collisions in Ferndale happened between 28 January 2019 and 1 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ferndale

The A4233 has the most collisions in Ferndale, 162 of 387 (42%), followed by the B4277 (61).

Collisions in Ferndale on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4233162203116
2ndB4277616407
3rdA42234900
4thB42273400
5thB42333400

Council area for Ferndale

Ferndale is in Rhondda Cynon Taf, where police recorded 26,648 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ferndale accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Ferndale

All 387 collisions in Ferndale were in the CF43 postcode district.