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Penllergaer road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 354 road traffic collisions in Penllergaer, Swansea, from 1979 to 2025, and 463 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 38 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
354
1,409th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
463
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
38
43 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Penllergaer

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious3811%
  • Slight31489%

What the data shows

  • Penllergaer had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 73% fewer than the 79 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 11% of collisions in Penllergaer were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 40 children under 16 were killed or injured in Penllergaer, 8.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Penllergaer.

Where Penllergaer ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,409th
Most casualties
1,391st
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,042nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (14%)
  • Tuesday59 (17%)
  • Wednesday52 (15%)
  • Thursday60 (17%)
  • Friday58 (16%)
  • Saturday45 (13%)
  • Sunday31 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight256 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit64 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (5.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway235 (66%)
  • Roundabout69 (19%)
  • Dual carriageway45 (13%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph224 (63%)
  • 40 mph33 (9.3%)
  • 50 mph9 (2.5%)
  • 60 mph58 (16%)
  • 70 mph27 (7.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds280 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds41 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded11 (3.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant331 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist46 (9.9%)
  • Pedestrian35 (7.6%)
  • Cyclist20 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant12 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Penllergaer road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Penllergaer, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Penllergaer peaked at 18 in 1987; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202300
202233
202111
202034
201900
201844
201745
201633
201555
201456
2013810
2012411
201168
201057
20091220
200866
20071113
20061723
2005912
20041013
200344
20021421
20011113
200089
1999812
199867
19971116
19961215
19951418
1994610
19931524
199288
1991910
1990710
19891518
19881012
19871821
1986811
198547
198478
198369
1982917
198177
19801010
197989

Map of recent crashes in Penllergaer

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Penllergaer

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Penllergaer

The 24 most recent collisions in Penllergaer happened between 6 September 2015 and 21 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Penllergaer

The A48 has the most collisions in Penllergaer, 97 of 354 (27%), followed by the A483 (48).

Collisions in Penllergaer on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA489712108
2ndA483486903
3rdA4844664210
4thA4240445605
5thM4182203
6thA40704501
7thB46203601

Council area for Penllergaer

Penllergaer is in Swansea, where police recorded 32,043 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Penllergaer accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Penllergaer

All 354 collisions in Penllergaer were in the SA4 postcode district.