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Haverfordwest road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,327 road traffic collisions in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,644 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 275 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, down from 18 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,327
619th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,644
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
17 people killed
Serious collisions
275
314 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
18 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
18
Down 18% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Haverfordwest

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal161.2%
  • Serious27521%
  • Slight1,03678%

What the data shows

  • Haverfordwest had 170 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 252 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Haverfordwest were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 282 children under 16 were killed or injured in Haverfordwest, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Haverfordwest.

Where Haverfordwest ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
619th
Most casualties
624th
Most fatal collisions
588th
Most serious collisions
542nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday199 (15%)
  • Tuesday187 (14%)
  • Wednesday233 (18%)
  • Thursday185 (14%)
  • Friday224 (17%)
  • Saturday198 (15%)
  • Sunday101 (7.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,043 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit248 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway824 (62%)
  • One way street or slip road212 (16%)
  • Roundabout205 (15%)
  • Dual carriageway70 (5.3%)
  • Not recorded16 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph23 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph1,113 (84%)
  • 40 mph107 (8.1%)
  • 50 mph7 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph73 (5.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,023 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds202 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other38 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded17 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant824 (50%)
  • Pedestrian422 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist223 (14%)
  • Cyclist84 (5.1%)
  • Van occupant37 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant17 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Haverfordwest road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Haverfordwest, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Haverfordwest peaked at 52 in 1979; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251318
20241822
20231616
20221825
20211417
20201111
20191718
20182021
20172327
20162023
20152426
20141925
20132937
20122330
20111823
20103139
20092229
20081821
20073843
20063041
20052640
20042637
20033035
20023046
20012331
20002937
19992942
19983138
19973236
19964048
19952629
19942942
19932425
19924551
19912224
19903236
19892936
19883240
19872527
19863643
19854959
19843848
19833745
19824760
19814967
19803743
19795267

Map of recent crashes in Haverfordwest

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Haverfordwest

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Haverfordwest

The 24 most recent collisions in Haverfordwest happened between 20 June 2024 and 10 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Haverfordwest

The A40 has the most collisions in Haverfordwest, 312 of 1,327 (24%), followed by the A487 (255).

Collisions in Haverfordwest on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA40312417360
2ndA487255317466
3rdA4076104131214
4thB43416577116
5thB43276371012
6thB4329425119
7thB4330171906

Council area for Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest is in Pembrokeshire, where police recorded 17,071 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Haverfordwest accounts for 7.8% of them.

Postcode districts in Haverfordwest

Collisions in Haverfordwest were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by SA61 (1,251) and SA62 (76).