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Loughor road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 351 road traffic collisions in Loughor, Swansea, from 1979 to 2025, and 464 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 50 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
351
1,415th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
464
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
50
60 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Loughor

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious5014%
  • Slight29985%

What the data shows

  • Loughor had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 50 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Loughor were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 75 children under 16 were killed or injured in Loughor, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 23% of collisions in Loughor.

Where Loughor ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,415th
Most casualties
1,389th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,728th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday45 (13%)
  • Tuesday57 (16%)
  • Wednesday51 (15%)
  • Thursday53 (15%)
  • Friday45 (13%)
  • Saturday55 (16%)
  • Sunday45 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight250 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit81 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (2.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway324 (92%)
  • Roundabout15 (4.3%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.4%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph334 (95%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph11 (3.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds282 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded10 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant268 (58%)
  • Pedestrian71 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist65 (14%)
  • Cyclist36 (7.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (3%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Loughor road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Loughor, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Loughor peaked at 18 in 1988; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202435
202323
202246
202111
202022
201911
201833
201711
201633
201534
201411
2013613
201267
201168
201057
200968
200855
200756
200678
2005811
200446
20031011
200279
20011219
200055
199956
19981113
199788
19961215
19951423
19941214
1993912
199244
1991710
199088
19891215
19881826
19871316
198666
19851011
19841320
19831820
19821220
19811516
19801128
19791518

Map of recent crashes in Loughor

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Loughor

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Loughor

The 24 most recent collisions in Loughor happened between 18 April 2015 and 15 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Loughor

The A484 has the most collisions in Loughor, 84 of 351 (24%), followed by the A4070 (55).

Collisions in Loughor on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA48484125022
2ndA4070556909
3rdA4240374715
4thB4620121602
5thB426071200

Council area for Loughor

Loughor is in Swansea, where police recorded 32,043 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Loughor accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Loughor

All 351 collisions in Loughor were in the SA4 postcode district.