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Oakdale road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 232 road traffic collisions in Oakdale, Caerphilly, from 1979 to 2025, and 312 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 59 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
232
1,794th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
312
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
8 people killed
Serious collisions
59
67 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Oakdale

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.6%
  • Serious5925%
  • Slight16772%

What the data shows

  • Oakdale had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 32 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Oakdale were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 75 children under 16 were killed or injured in Oakdale, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Oakdale.

Where Oakdale ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,794th
Most casualties
1,765th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,587th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday36 (16%)
  • Tuesday34 (15%)
  • Wednesday41 (18%)
  • Thursday36 (16%)
  • Friday39 (17%)
  • Saturday24 (10%)
  • Sunday22 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight168 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit60 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway225 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (2.2%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph185 (80%)
  • 40 mph31 (13%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph8 (3.4%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds173 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds36 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (3.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant179 (57%)
  • Pedestrian62 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist32 (10%)
  • Cyclist14 (4.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (3.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Oakdale road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Oakdale, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Oakdale peaked at 14 in 1979; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202433
202300
202211
202144
202011
201936
201812
201723
201600
201557
201434
201312
201211
201122
201045
200934
200822
200734
2006810
2005510
200422
200356
200267
200155
200056
1999517
19981120
199778
19961113
19951015
199457
199399
1992911
199144
1990610
1989910
198833
198755
1986810
1985711
1984810
198322
198289
198145
1980912
19791421

Map of recent crashes in Oakdale

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Oakdale

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Oakdale

The 24 most recent collisions in Oakdale happened between 26 November 2014 and 3 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Oakdale

Of the 232 collisions in Oakdale, 93 were on the B4251.

Collisions in Oakdale on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB425193135525

Council area for Oakdale

Oakdale is in Caerphilly, where police recorded 16,718 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Oakdale accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode districts in Oakdale

Collisions in Oakdale were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by NP12 (155) and NP11 (77).