Skip to main content
CrashStats

Rhymney road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 284 road traffic collisions in Rhymney, Caerphilly, from 1979 to 2025, and 370 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 52 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
284
1,607th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
370
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
52
56 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Rhymney

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.1%
  • Serious5218%
  • Slight22981%

What the data shows

  • Rhymney had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 60% fewer than the 45 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Rhymney were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 96 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rhymney, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Rhymney.

Where Rhymney ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,607th
Most casualties
1,594th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,700th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (14%)
  • Tuesday23 (8.1%)
  • Wednesday39 (14%)
  • Thursday39 (14%)
  • Friday68 (24%)
  • Saturday46 (16%)
  • Sunday30 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight183 (64%)
  • Dark, street lights lit83 (29%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway277 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.4%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph274 (96%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph6 (2.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds230 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds28 (9.9%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (3.9%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other4 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant177 (48%)
  • Pedestrian125 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist22 (5.9%)
  • Cyclist21 (5.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant8 (2.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rhymney road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rhymney, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Rhymney peaked at 12 in 1989; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202400
202311
202233
202169
202022
201900
201811
201712
201611
201544
201446
201345
201247
201126
201022
200944
200878
2007912
200658
200577
2004816
2003913
2002411
200177
20001013
199945
199858
1997814
199679
199568
19941013
1993810
19921014
19911112
199099
19891214
19881111
198788
19861112
1985711
198488
1983914
198257
19811216
19801011
197955

Map of recent crashes in Rhymney

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rhymney

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rhymney

The 24 most recent collisions in Rhymney happened between 10 July 2014 and 23 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rhymney

The B4257 has the most collisions in Rhymney, 127 of 284 (45%), followed by the B4256 (28).

Collisions in Rhymney on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4257127172125
2ndB4256284505
3rdA469192104

Council area for Rhymney

Rhymney is in Caerphilly, where police recorded 16,718 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rhymney accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode district for Rhymney

All 284 collisions in Rhymney were in the NP22 postcode district.