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Nantgarw road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 123 road traffic collisions in Nantgarw, Rhondda Cynon Taf, from 1981 to 2025, and 195 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 19 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 4 October 2023.

Collisions since 1981
123
2,550th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
195
1.59 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Serious collisions
19
23 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
4 Oct 2023
Busiest year
2001
8 collisions

Road collision statistics for Nantgarw

Collisions by severity, 1981 to 2025

  • Fatal32.4%
  • Serious1915%
  • Slight10182%

What the data shows

  • Nantgarw had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 54% fewer than the 26 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Nantgarw were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Nantgarw are between 6am and 9am, with 23% of collisions.
  • 10 children under 16 were killed or injured in Nantgarw, 5.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Nantgarw ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,550th
Most casualties
2,307th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,754th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (15%)
  • Tuesday13 (11%)
  • Wednesday23 (19%)
  • Thursday18 (15%)
  • Friday24 (20%)
  • Saturday16 (13%)
  • Sunday11 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight86 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit27 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (3.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (3.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Dual carriageway77 (63%)
  • Single carriageway33 (27%)
  • Roundabout8 (6.5%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (4.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph34 (28%)
  • 40 mph31 (25%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph5 (4.1%)
  • 70 mph52 (42%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds94 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.8%)
  • Other1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant134 (69%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (8.7%)
  • Motorcyclist13 (6.7%)
  • Van occupant10 (5.1%)
  • Cyclist9 (4.6%)
  • Pedestrian7 (3.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (2.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Nantgarw road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Nantgarw, 1981 to 2025

Collisions in Nantgarw peaked at 8 in 2001; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202324
202211
202100
202000
201945
201811
201722
201623
201511
201447
201368
201226
201111
201023
200922
200845
200723
200625
200579
200423
200344
200246
2001825
200024
199933
199847
199755
199657
199559
199426
1993810
199211
199100
199066
198912
1988512
198722
198635
198525
198411
198311
198234
198111

Map of recent crashes in Nantgarw

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Nantgarw

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Nantgarw

The 24 most recent collisions in Nantgarw happened between 24 December 2012 and 4 October 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Nantgarw

The A470 has the most collisions in Nantgarw, 53 of 123 (43%), followed by the A468 (36).

Collisions in Nantgarw on each road, 1981 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA470539617
2ndA468365017
3rdA4054142310

Council area for Nantgarw

Nantgarw is in Rhondda Cynon Taf, where police recorded 26,648 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Nantgarw accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Nantgarw

Of the 123 collisions in Nantgarw, 122 (99%) were in the CF15 postcode district.