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Rhondda road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,567 road traffic collisions in Rhondda, Rhondda Cynon Taf, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,109 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 28 were fatal and 232 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,567
546th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,109
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
28
28 people killed
Serious collisions
232
261 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Rhondda

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal281.8%
  • Serious23215%
  • Slight1,30783%

What the data shows

  • Rhondda had 132 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 303 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Rhondda were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 413 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rhondda, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Rhondda.

Where Rhondda ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
546th
Most casualties
514th
Most fatal collisions
367th
Most serious collisions
632nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday222 (14%)
  • Tuesday210 (13%)
  • Wednesday221 (14%)
  • Thursday225 (14%)
  • Friday258 (16%)
  • Saturday228 (15%)
  • Sunday203 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,054 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit436 (28%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit44 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,512 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road22 (1.4%)
  • Dual carriageway12 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded17 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph16 (1%)
  • 30 mph1,522 (97%)
  • 40 mph25 (1.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph3 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,203 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds273 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds34 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other7 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded25 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,180 (56%)
  • Pedestrian586 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist114 (5.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant91 (4.3%)
  • Cyclist72 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant23 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rhondda road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rhondda, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Rhondda peaked at 66 in 1991; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251013
2024812
20231014
202277
20211013
20201018
20191625
20182127
20171619
20162434
20152331
20141214
20132127
20122433
20113152
20103449
20093864
20084057
20074867
20063243
20053853
20042843
20033958
20023446
20012333
20002340
19992736
19983955
19974560
19965084
19955374
19945276
19935063
19925275
19916680
19905874
19896376
19883943
19874458
19863741
19853945
19844553
19834046
19824148
19813139
19803440
19794251

Map of recent crashes in Rhondda

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rhondda

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rhondda

The 24 most recent collisions in Rhondda happened between 21 April 2023 and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rhondda

The A4058 has the most collisions in Rhondda, 582 of 1,567 (37%), followed by the B4223 (255).

Collisions in Rhondda on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA40585827861786
2ndB4223255318444
3rdA4119105150118
4thB45125187013
5thA4061202603
6thA4223132101
7thB4233101610
8thB42785502

Council area for Rhondda

Rhondda is in Rhondda Cynon Taf, where police recorded 26,648 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rhondda accounts for 5.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Rhondda

Collisions in Rhondda were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by CF41 (1,154) and CF40 (413).