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Pontlottyn road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 147 road traffic collisions in Pontlottyn, Caerphilly, from 1979 to 2025, and 202 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 25 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 9 October 2022.

Collisions since 1979
147
2,300th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
202
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
25
28 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
9 Oct 2022
Busiest year
1988
8 collisions

Road collision statistics for Pontlottyn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious2517%
  • Slight12182%

What the data shows

  • Pontlottyn had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 33 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Pontlottyn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 29 children under 16 were killed or injured in Pontlottyn, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Pontlottyn.

Where Pontlottyn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,300th
Most casualties
2,253rd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,540th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (12%)
  • Tuesday17 (12%)
  • Wednesday20 (14%)
  • Thursday22 (15%)
  • Friday18 (12%)
  • Saturday24 (16%)
  • Sunday28 (19%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight99 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit43 (29%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway145 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph143 (97%)
  • 40 mph3 (2%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds107 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (18%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other4 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant125 (62%)
  • Pedestrian46 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist10 (5%)
  • Cyclist6 (3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2.5%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Pontlottyn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Pontlottyn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Pontlottyn peaked at 8 in 1988; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202300
202233
202137
202012
2019711
201822
201745
201600
201535
201400
201312
201212
201134
201023
200934
200877
2007614
200678
200545
200422
200322
200200
200111
200079
1999713
199811
199733
199611
1995410
199423
199368
199211
199167
199044
198957
1988811
198747
198633
198555
198477
198311
198222
198155
198024
197911

Map of recent crashes in Pontlottyn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Pontlottyn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Pontlottyn

The 24 most recent collisions in Pontlottyn happened between 27 July 2013 and 9 October 2022.

Severity

Crashes by road in Pontlottyn

The A469 has the most collisions in Pontlottyn, 89 of 147 (61%), followed by the B4257 (6).

Collisions in Pontlottyn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA46989127114
2ndB42576701

Council area for Pontlottyn

Pontlottyn is in Caerphilly, where police recorded 16,718 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Pontlottyn accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Pontlottyn

All 147 collisions in Pontlottyn were in the CF81 postcode district.