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Pontarddulais road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 364 road traffic collisions in Pontarddulais, Swansea, from 1979 to 2025, and 495 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 52 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
364
1,385th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
495
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
5 people killed
Serious collisions
52
54 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Pontarddulais

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.8%
  • Serious5214%
  • Slight30985%

What the data shows

  • Pontarddulais had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 73% fewer than the 74 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Pontarddulais were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 94 children under 16 were killed or injured in Pontarddulais, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Pontarddulais.

Where Pontarddulais ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,385th
Most casualties
1,334th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,700th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (10%)
  • Tuesday41 (11%)
  • Wednesday57 (16%)
  • Thursday59 (16%)
  • Friday71 (20%)
  • Saturday41 (11%)
  • Sunday58 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight268 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit74 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit15 (4.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway307 (84%)
  • One way street or slip road41 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (2.7%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph348 (96%)
  • 60 mph11 (3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds284 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds48 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded17 (4.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant248 (50%)
  • Pedestrian101 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist61 (12%)
  • Cyclist35 (7.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant32 (6.5%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Pontarddulais road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Pontarddulais, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Pontarddulais peaked at 22 in 1985; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202422
202311
202200
202112
202012
201933
201811
201735
201667
2015610
201434
20131014
2012710
2011511
201066
200944
200888
20071014
20061519
20051315
20041013
20031013
200244
2001712
200046
19991214
1998911
1997913
19961416
19951217
199469
199358
19921213
19911014
1990711
19891522
19881321
19871341
19861212
19852227
19841114
1983910
198288
1981911
198077
197978

Map of recent crashes in Pontarddulais

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Pontarddulais

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Pontarddulais

The 24 most recent collisions in Pontarddulais happened between 16 February 2015 and 28 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Pontarddulais

The A48 has the most collisions in Pontarddulais, 137 of 364 (38%), followed by the B4296 (17).

Collisions in Pontarddulais on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA48137196226
2ndB4296173202
3rdA413891402

Council area for Pontarddulais

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

Postcode district for Pontarddulais

All 364 collisions in Pontarddulais were in the SA4 postcode district.