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Pontllanfraith road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 614 road traffic collisions in Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly, from 1979 to 2025, and 773 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 113 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
614
1,029th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
773
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
11 people killed
Serious collisions
113
125 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Pontllanfraith

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.5%
  • Serious11318%
  • Slight49280%

What the data shows

  • Pontllanfraith had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 77 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Pontllanfraith were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 138 children under 16 were killed or injured in Pontllanfraith, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Pontllanfraith.

Where Pontllanfraith ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,029th
Most casualties
1,029th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,049th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday81 (13%)
  • Tuesday82 (13%)
  • Wednesday96 (16%)
  • Thursday88 (14%)
  • Friday116 (19%)
  • Saturday94 (15%)
  • Sunday57 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight433 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit168 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway515 (84%)
  • Roundabout63 (10%)
  • Dual carriageway31 (5%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (2%)
  • 30 mph547 (89%)
  • 40 mph30 (4.9%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph15 (2.4%)
  • 70 mph7 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds462 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds91 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other24 (3.9%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant425 (55%)
  • Pedestrian158 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist74 (9.6%)
  • Cyclist59 (7.6%)
  • Van occupant24 (3.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant22 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Pontllanfraith road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Pontllanfraith, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Pontllanfraith peaked at 28 in 1994; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202569
202466
202311
202268
202169
202059
201924
201847
201777
201633
201578
20141115
20131114
201244
201145
2010613
2009912
20081015
2007612
2006913
2005910
20041922
20032026
20021116
20011720
20001720
19992124
19981315
19971320
19961518
19952021
19942832
19931722
19921619
19911418
19901722
19892633
19881925
19872333
19861314
19851316
19842628
19832831
19821519
19812536
19801517
19792122

Map of recent crashes in Pontllanfraith

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Pontllanfraith

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Pontllanfraith

The 24 most recent collisions in Pontllanfraith happened between 10 April 2021 and 26 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Pontllanfraith

The A472 has the most collisions in Pontllanfraith, 170 of 614 (28%), followed by the A4048 (102).

Collisions in Pontllanfraith on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA472170225435
2ndA4048102120320
3rdB42516787015
4thA4049425707

Council area for Pontllanfraith

Pontllanfraith is in Caerphilly, where police recorded 16,718 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Pontllanfraith accounts for 3.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Pontllanfraith

Collisions in Pontllanfraith were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by NP12 (563) and NP11 (51).