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Port Talbot road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,043 road traffic collisions in Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,937 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 32 were fatal and 409 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, down from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
3,043
330th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,937
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
32
33 people killed
Serious collisions
409
461 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Port Talbot

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal321.1%
  • Serious40913%
  • Slight2,60286%

What the data shows

  • Port Talbot had 213 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 64% fewer than the 593 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Port Talbot were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 676 children under 16 were killed or injured in Port Talbot, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Port Talbot.

Where Port Talbot ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
330th
Most casualties
321st
Most fatal collisions
323rd
Most serious collisions
401st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday415 (14%)
  • Tuesday457 (15%)
  • Wednesday444 (15%)
  • Thursday455 (15%)
  • Friday532 (17%)
  • Saturday429 (14%)
  • Sunday311 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,188 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit710 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit66 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown43 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting31 (1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,264 (74%)
  • Dual carriageway401 (13%)
  • Roundabout261 (8.6%)
  • One way street or slip road45 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded72 (2.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph56 (1.8%)
  • 30 mph2,622 (86%)
  • 40 mph62 (2%)
  • 50 mph103 (3.4%)
  • 60 mph48 (1.6%)
  • 70 mph149 (4.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,374 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds395 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds74 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds60 (2%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other29 (1%)
  • Not recorded98 (3.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,004 (51%)
  • Pedestrian737 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist516 (13%)
  • Cyclist410 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant124 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant64 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant36 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)21 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Port Talbot road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Port Talbot, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Port Talbot peaked at 101 in 1998; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025910
20241112
20231115
20221415
20212126
20201621
20192938
20182729
20173340
20164249
20153242
20144054
20135780
20124573
20116290
20105377
20096391
200875102
200777112
200689122
200597128
20046586
200394121
200271102
200180108
20006292
199987129
1998101133
199795115
199678111
199598115
199490121
19938197
199292126
19917181
19907688
198989107
198890105
19876683
19865963
198588116
198486105
19838098
198286105
19817490
198091104
197990110

Map of recent crashes in Port Talbot

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Port Talbot

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Port Talbot

The 24 most recent collisions in Port Talbot happened between 21 June 2023 and 30 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Port Talbot

The A48 has the most collisions in Port Talbot, 606 of 3,043 (20%), followed by the M4 (234).

Collisions in Port Talbot on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA48606785699
2ndM4234411516
3rdB4286144195016
4thA4107648515
5thA4241506706

Council area for Port Talbot

Port Talbot is in Neath Port Talbot, where police recorded 16,777 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Port Talbot accounts for 18% of them.

Postcode districts in Port Talbot

Collisions in Port Talbot were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by SA12 (1,782) and SA13 (1,260).