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Pontyates road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 109 road traffic collisions in Pontyates, Carmarthenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 132 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 34 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
109
2,714th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
132
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
34
39 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Pontyates

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.8%
  • Serious3431%
  • Slight7367%

What the data shows

  • Pontyates had 11 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 63% fewer than the 30 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in Pontyates were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 20 children under 16 were killed or injured in Pontyates, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Pontyates.

Where Pontyates ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,714th
Most casualties
2,792nd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday11 (10%)
  • Tuesday23 (21%)
  • Wednesday19 (17%)
  • Thursday15 (14%)
  • Friday17 (16%)
  • Saturday18 (17%)
  • Sunday6 (5.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight79 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit28 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway104 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (2.8%)
  • 30 mph98 (90%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph7 (6.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds83 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (16%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other4 (3.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant77 (58%)
  • Pedestrian22 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist15 (11%)
  • Cyclist9 (6.8%)
  • Van occupant5 (3.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Pontyates road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Pontyates, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Pontyates peaked at 7 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
202435
202323
202200
202100
202011
201933
201811
201711
201600
201522
201400
201323
201244
201167
201011
200933
200866
200744
200623
200511
200434
200344
200222
200112
200011
199923
199811
199711
199649
199544
199422
199322
199211
199122
199055
198935
198877
198746
198612
198500
198433
198334
198244
198122
198011
197947

Map of recent crashes in Pontyates

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Pontyates

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Pontyates

The 24 most recent collisions in Pontyates happened between 1 April 2011 and 29 October 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Pontyates

The B4309 has the most collisions in Pontyates, 88 of 109 (81%), followed by the B4317 (4).

Collisions in Pontyates on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB430988111225
2ndB43174400

Council area for Pontyates

Pontyates is in Carmarthenshire, where police recorded 25,619 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Pontyates accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Pontyates

All 109 collisions in Pontyates were in the SA15 postcode district.