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Porth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,379 road traffic collisions in Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,819 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 30 were fatal and 167 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,379
603rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,819
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
30
31 people killed
Serious collisions
167
193 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Porth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal302.2%
  • Serious16712%
  • Slight1,18286%

What the data shows

  • Porth had 113 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 237 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Porth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 392 children under 16 were killed or injured in Porth, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Porth.

Where Porth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
603rd
Most casualties
585th
Most fatal collisions
346th
Most serious collisions
796th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday185 (13%)
  • Tuesday188 (14%)
  • Wednesday189 (14%)
  • Thursday181 (13%)
  • Friday270 (20%)
  • Saturday217 (16%)
  • Sunday149 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight965 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit345 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit28 (2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting23 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,115 (81%)
  • One way street or slip road192 (14%)
  • Roundabout37 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway26 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph13 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph1,313 (95%)
  • 40 mph41 (3%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph6 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,094 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds207 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds24 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other12 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded18 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant863 (47%)
  • Pedestrian557 (31%)
  • Bus or coach occupant171 (9.4%)
  • Motorcyclist87 (4.8%)
  • Cyclist85 (4.7%)
  • Van occupant20 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Porth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Porth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Porth peaked at 56 in 1991; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
202455
202388
20221322
20211112
20201220
20191215
20181418
20171827
20161424
20151315
20141730
20132030
20122036
20112540
20102641
20092440
20082731
20073143
20063448
20051620
20043353
20033137
20023044
20013037
20002337
19993340
19983651
19973661
19964556
19954668
19944557
19934958
19924147
19915666
19905464
19895165
19884348
19874066
19862525
19853031
19843338
19834452
19822931
19814352
19805258
19793544

Map of recent crashes in Porth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Porth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Porth

The 24 most recent collisions in Porth happened between 12 August 2022 and 22 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Porth

The A4058 has the most collisions in Porth, 315 of 1,379 (23%), followed by the A4233 (248).

Collisions in Porth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4058315415640
2ndA4233248377824
3rdB4277165211626
4thB427879105213
5thA4225455507
6thA42236810
7thB42333300

Council area for Porth

Porth is in Rhondda Cynon Taf, where police recorded 26,648 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Porth accounts for 5.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Porth

Collisions in Porth were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by CF39 (1,293) and CF37 (83).