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Monmouth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 478 road traffic collisions in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 611 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 94 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
478
1,191st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
611
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
94
108 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Monmouth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51%
  • Serious9420%
  • Slight37979%

What the data shows

  • Monmouth had 34 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 72 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Monmouth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 125 children under 16 were killed or injured in Monmouth, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Monmouth.

Where Monmouth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,191st
Most casualties
1,189th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,181st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday73 (15%)
  • Tuesday65 (14%)
  • Wednesday69 (14%)
  • Thursday62 (13%)
  • Friday74 (15%)
  • Saturday86 (18%)
  • Sunday49 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight363 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit93 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (2.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway422 (88%)
  • Dual carriageway27 (5.6%)
  • One way street or slip road18 (3.8%)
  • Roundabout9 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph428 (90%)
  • 40 mph7 (1.5%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph11 (2.3%)
  • 70 mph18 (3.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds374 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds61 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other26 (5.4%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant247 (40%)
  • Pedestrian190 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist80 (13%)
  • Cyclist60 (9.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Monmouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Monmouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Monmouth peaked at 24 in 2000; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202466
202300
202245
202145
202022
201945
201833
201733
201656
201545
20141015
20131416
201255
201122
201011
200966
20081015
2007911
20061114
200568
20041214
20031314
20021313
20011213
20002433
19991114
19981717
19971418
19961111
19951315
19941845
19931820
19921117
19911314
19901521
1989914
19881823
19871516
198668
19852032
19841420
19831010
19821116
19811919
19801519
19791419

Map of recent crashes in Monmouth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Monmouth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Monmouth

The 24 most recent collisions in Monmouth happened between 19 December 2018 and 29 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Monmouth

The B4293 has the most collisions in Monmouth, 167 of 478 (35%), followed by the A466 (115).

Collisions in Monmouth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4293167199022
2ndA466115159133
3rdB4233333614
4thA40235707
5thA4136111412

Council area for Monmouth

Monmouth is in Monmouthshire, where police recorded 11,395 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Monmouth accounts for 4.2% of them.

Postcode district for Monmouth

All 478 collisions in Monmouth were in the NP25 postcode district.