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Pen-y-groes and Gorslas road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 312 road traffic collisions in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas, Carmarthenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 421 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 71 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
312
1,515th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
421
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Serious collisions
71
86 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Pen-y-groes and Gorslas

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31%
  • Serious7123%
  • Slight23876%

What the data shows

  • Pen-y-groes and Gorslas had 62 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 9% more than the 57 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 38 children under 16 were killed or injured in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas, 9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas.

Where Pen-y-groes and Gorslas ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,515th
Most casualties
1,478th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,420th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (13%)
  • Tuesday47 (15%)
  • Wednesday31 (9.9%)
  • Thursday47 (15%)
  • Friday49 (16%)
  • Saturday45 (14%)
  • Sunday54 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight233 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit67 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway257 (82%)
  • Roundabout41 (13%)
  • Dual carriageway13 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph258 (83%)
  • 40 mph22 (7.1%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph18 (5.8%)
  • 70 mph6 (1.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds222 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds52 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (3.2%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded7 (2.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant288 (68%)
  • Motorcyclist61 (14%)
  • Pedestrian43 (10%)
  • Cyclist9 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Pen-y-groes and Gorslas road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas peaked at 15 in 1981; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251011
202457
202333
20221117
202111
202056
2019910
201869
201789
201646
2015711
20141010
201344
201246
2011916
201045
2009511
200833
200745
2006712
2005918
200489
2003911
2002611
200168
200034
1999913
19981419
199779
199678
1995511
1994913
199333
199289
199178
1990611
198999
1988812
198778
198678
1985710
198469
198344
198246
19811518
198044
197966

Map of recent crashes in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas

The 24 most recent collisions in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas happened between 1 September 2022 and 28 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas

The A476 has the most collisions in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas, 109 of 312 (35%), followed by the B4297 (47).

Collisions in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA476109164130
2ndB42974755011
3rdB45563857115
4thA48323714

Council area for Pen-y-groes and Gorslas

Pen-y-groes and Gorslas is in Carmarthenshire, where police recorded 25,619 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Pen-y-groes and Gorslas accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Pen-y-groes and Gorslas

All 312 collisions in Pen-y-groes and Gorslas were in the SA14 postcode district.