Skip to main content
CrashStats

Gowerton and Waunarlwydd road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 608 road traffic collisions in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd, Swansea, from 1979 to 2025, and 778 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 77 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
608
1,032nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
778
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
15 people killed
Serious collisions
77
89 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Gowerton and Waunarlwydd

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal132.1%
  • Serious7713%
  • Slight51885%

What the data shows

  • Gowerton and Waunarlwydd had 32 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 75% fewer than the 129 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 120 children under 16 were killed or injured in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd.

Where Gowerton and Waunarlwydd ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,032nd
Most casualties
1,018th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
1,342nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday90 (15%)
  • Tuesday82 (13%)
  • Wednesday90 (15%)
  • Thursday111 (18%)
  • Friday91 (15%)
  • Saturday73 (12%)
  • Sunday71 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight436 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit142 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway571 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway16 (2.6%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (1.5%)
  • Roundabout5 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph591 (97%)
  • 40 mph7 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph6 (1%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds479 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds77 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other12 (2%)
  • Not recorded22 (3.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant462 (59%)
  • Pedestrian136 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist94 (12%)
  • Cyclist54 (6.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Gowerton and Waunarlwydd road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd peaked at 28 in 2006; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202311
202212
202133
202044
201933
201867
201744
2016710
201533
20141217
20131113
20121012
20111420
20101115
20091218
20081622
20071219
20062842
20052531
20041922
20031823
20021215
20011318
20001418
19991012
19981924
19971316
19961212
19951926
19941622
19931213
19922025
19911718
19901417
19892429
19881418
19871018
19861827
19851823
19841820
19831515
19821622
19811723
19802329
19792124

Map of recent crashes in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd

The 24 most recent collisions in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd happened between 10 March 2017 and 17 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd

The B4295 has the most collisions in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd, 249 of 608 (41%), followed by the B4296 (99).

Collisions in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4295249322750
2ndB42969913948
3rdA4843400

Council area for Gowerton and Waunarlwydd

Gowerton and Waunarlwydd is in Swansea, where police recorded 32,043 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Gowerton and Waunarlwydd accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd

Collisions in Gowerton and Waunarlwydd were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by SA4 (374) and SA5 (234).