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Maesteg road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,534 road traffic collisions in Maesteg, Bridgend, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,993 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 230 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,534
556th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,993
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
24 people killed
Serious collisions
230
269 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Maesteg

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.3%
  • Serious23015%
  • Slight1,28484%

What the data shows

  • Maesteg had 112 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 57% fewer than the 262 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Maesteg were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 457 children under 16 were killed or injured in Maesteg, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Maesteg.

Where Maesteg ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
556th
Most casualties
536th
Most fatal collisions
497th
Most serious collisions
635th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday206 (13%)
  • Tuesday209 (14%)
  • Wednesday205 (13%)
  • Thursday210 (14%)
  • Friday268 (17%)
  • Saturday253 (16%)
  • Sunday183 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,092 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit363 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit34 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown22 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,471 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway29 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded21 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph16 (1%)
  • 30 mph1,501 (98%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.3%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph11 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,196 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds218 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds27 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Other20 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded46 (3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant998 (50%)
  • Pedestrian576 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist163 (8.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant103 (5.2%)
  • Cyclist99 (5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant16 (0.8%)
  • Van occupant15 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Maesteg road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Maesteg, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Maesteg peaked at 55 in 2004; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202578
202489
2023811
2022811
202178
2020910
20192127
20181421
20171315
20161725
20152026
20141620
20132128
20123342
20112629
20102838
20092937
20083552
20073338
20062128
20053649
20045576
20033847
20023648
20013440
20003250
19995573
19984150
19974460
19963851
19954869
19943543
19935070
19924956
19914551
19904965
19895271
19884561
19874464
19863848
19854653
19844056
19833738
19823840
19813851
19804465
19795365

Map of recent crashes in Maesteg

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Maesteg

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Maesteg

The 24 most recent collisions in Maesteg happened between 28 December 2022 and 5 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Maesteg

The A4063 has the most collisions in Maesteg, 502 of 1,534 (33%), followed by the B4282 (216).

Collisions in Maesteg on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4063502656780
2ndB4282216323435
3rdA40613300

Council area for Maesteg

Maesteg is in Bridgend, where police recorded 15,429 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Maesteg accounts for 9.9% of them.

Postcode district for Maesteg

All 1,534 collisions in Maesteg were in the CF34 postcode district.