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Gorseinon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 981 road traffic collisions in Gorseinon, Swansea, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,267 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 15 were fatal and 108 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
981
767th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,267
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
15
16 people killed
Serious collisions
108
128 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Gorseinon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal151.5%
  • Serious10811%
  • Slight85887%

What the data shows

  • Gorseinon had 69 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 158 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Gorseinon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 214 children under 16 were killed or injured in Gorseinon, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Gorseinon.

Where Gorseinon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
767th
Most casualties
753rd
Most fatal collisions
628th
Most serious collisions
1,095th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday147 (15%)
  • Tuesday158 (16%)
  • Wednesday116 (12%)
  • Thursday132 (13%)
  • Friday189 (19%)
  • Saturday135 (14%)
  • Sunday104 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight691 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit242 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit22 (2.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway885 (90%)
  • One way street or slip road32 (3.3%)
  • Roundabout31 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway25 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph945 (96%)
  • 40 mph12 (1.2%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph8 (0.8%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds763 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds125 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds19 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Other14 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded35 (3.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant645 (51%)
  • Pedestrian316 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist164 (13%)
  • Cyclist94 (7.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (1.1%)
  • Van occupant13 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Gorseinon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Gorseinon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Gorseinon peaked at 37 in 1989; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202433
202344
202222
202123
202056
201933
20181213
20171619
20161925
20151214
2014713
20131011
20121314
20111418
20102129
20091419
20082239
20072541
20062025
20052126
20043240
20032532
20022835
20013244
20002634
19992830
19982127
19972530
19962640
19951518
19942933
19933347
19922935
19912538
19902942
19893754
19883642
19872432
19862631
19852631
19843240
19833134
19822833
19813242
19802532
19793341

Map of recent crashes in Gorseinon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Gorseinon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Gorseinon

The 24 most recent collisions in Gorseinon happened between 7 November 2018 and 13 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Gorseinon

The B4296 has the most collisions in Gorseinon, 140 of 981 (14%), followed by the A4240 (126).

Collisions in Gorseinon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4296140185319
2ndA424012617717
3rdA484119141219
4thA4070385305
5thB4620283614
6thB42955700
7thA483300
8thA4833400
9thM431611

Council area for Gorseinon

Gorseinon is in Swansea, where police recorded 32,043 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Gorseinon accounts for 3.1% of them.

Postcode district for Gorseinon

All 981 collisions in Gorseinon were in the SA4 postcode district.