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Porthcawl road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 854 road traffic collisions in Porthcawl, Bridgend, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,083 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 116 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
854
840th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,083
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
116
142 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Porthcawl

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.9%
  • Serious11614%
  • Slight73085%

What the data shows

  • Porthcawl had 66 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 127 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Porthcawl were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 192 children under 16 were killed or injured in Porthcawl, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 22% of collisions in Porthcawl.

Where Porthcawl ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
840th
Most casualties
844th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,035th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday128 (15%)
  • Tuesday97 (11%)
  • Wednesday107 (13%)
  • Thursday107 (13%)
  • Friday142 (17%)
  • Saturday145 (17%)
  • Sunday128 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight641 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit179 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit15 (1.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway696 (81%)
  • One way street or slip road63 (7.4%)
  • Roundabout51 (6%)
  • Dual carriageway26 (3%)
  • Not recorded18 (2.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph5 (0.6%)
  • 15 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph11 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph777 (91%)
  • 40 mph10 (1.2%)
  • 50 mph21 (2.5%)
  • 60 mph27 (3.2%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds688 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds86 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds27 (3.2%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Other10 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded23 (2.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant456 (42%)
  • Pedestrian330 (30%)
  • Cyclist134 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist110 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant35 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant9 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Porthcawl road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Porthcawl, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Porthcawl peaked at 40 in 1985; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202489
202333
202277
202166
202022
201999
2018912
201779
20161116
20151036
20141016
201388
20121214
20111316
20101418
2009913
20081619
20071619
20061920
20051828
20042837
20031921
20021318
20011621
20002330
19992235
19982024
19971923
19961922
19951827
19942126
19932125
19922631
19913441
19903038
19893033
19883243
19872223
19861924
19854049
19843846
19832935
19822730
19812632
19803141
19792023

Map of recent crashes in Porthcawl

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Porthcawl

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Porthcawl

The 24 most recent collisions in Porthcawl happened between 25 September 2021 and 21 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Porthcawl

The A4106 has the most collisions in Porthcawl, 80 of 854 (9.4%), followed by the B4283 (9).

Collisions in Porthcawl on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA410680111216
2ndB428391102
3rdA42295901

Council area for Porthcawl

Porthcawl is in Bridgend, where police recorded 15,429 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Porthcawl accounts for 5.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Porthcawl

Collisions in Porthcawl were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by CF36 (851) and CF32 (3).