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Newbridge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 519 road traffic collisions in Newbridge, Caerphilly, from 1979 to 2025, and 684 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 126 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
519
1,136th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
684
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Serious collisions
126
144 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newbridge

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.3%
  • Serious12624%
  • Slight38674%

What the data shows

  • Newbridge had 65 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 20% fewer than the 81 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Newbridge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 127 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newbridge, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Newbridge.

Where Newbridge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,136th
Most casualties
1,115th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
972nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday63 (12%)
  • Tuesday80 (15%)
  • Wednesday66 (13%)
  • Thursday80 (15%)
  • Friday91 (18%)
  • Saturday81 (16%)
  • Sunday58 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight380 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit126 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway476 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway21 (4%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (2.7%)
  • Roundabout8 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (2.9%)
  • 30 mph420 (81%)
  • 40 mph37 (7.1%)
  • 50 mph7 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph37 (7.1%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds397 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds78 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Other18 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant367 (54%)
  • Pedestrian175 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist52 (7.6%)
  • Cyclist33 (4.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant24 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newbridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newbridge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newbridge peaked at 24 in 1982; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
2024913
2023811
202289
202168
202046
201968
20181013
201748
2016512
201547
201468
201377
201255
2011611
20101212
200935
20081116
20071828
2006916
20051013
20041524
200377
200289
2001817
20001114
19991418
199899
19971114
19961016
19951315
19941214
19931722
19921012
19911415
19901619
19891218
19881822
19872038
19862124
19851925
19841517
19831819
19822427
19811213
19801313
19791621

Map of recent crashes in Newbridge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newbridge

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newbridge

The 24 most recent collisions in Newbridge happened between 29 September 2022 and 2 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newbridge

The A467 has the most collisions in Newbridge, 126 of 519 (24%), followed by the A472 (95).

Collisions in Newbridge on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA467126198633
2ndA47295107122
3rdB4591182305
4thB4251122202

Council area for Newbridge

Newbridge is in Caerphilly, where police recorded 16,718 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newbridge accounts for 3.1% of them.

Postcode district for Newbridge

All 519 collisions in Newbridge were in the NP11 postcode district.