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Sarn road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 900 road traffic collisions in Sarn, Bridgend, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,208 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 101 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
900
815th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,208
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
101
104 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sarn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal70.8%
  • Serious10111%
  • Slight79288%

What the data shows

  • Sarn had 64 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 63% fewer than the 175 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 12% of collisions in Sarn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 201 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sarn, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Sarn.

Where Sarn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
815th
Most casualties
784th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,142nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday126 (14%)
  • Tuesday110 (12%)
  • Wednesday146 (16%)
  • Thursday135 (15%)
  • Friday150 (17%)
  • Saturday138 (15%)
  • Sunday95 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight621 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit218 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown20 (2.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit20 (2.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway786 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway65 (7.2%)
  • Roundabout23 (2.6%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded11 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph781 (87%)
  • 40 mph9 (1%)
  • 50 mph21 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph50 (5.6%)
  • 70 mph32 (3.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds701 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds126 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Other21 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded17 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant681 (56%)
  • Pedestrian218 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist140 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant54 (4.5%)
  • Cyclist50 (4.1%)
  • Van occupant26 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant14 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sarn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sarn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sarn peaked at 34 in 1987; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202434
202344
202256
202111
202066
201955
20181220
20171115
20161621
20151620
20141927
20131722
20121218
20111521
20101930
20092336
20082026
20071423
20062036
20052745
20042227
20031623
20022941
20011826
20001421
19993037
19982642
19973046
19962232
19952936
19942130
19932935
19922128
19912428
19902738
19892328
19882628
19873443
19861618
19851718
19842127
19832430
19822627
19813037
19803442
19792532

Map of recent crashes in Sarn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sarn

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sarn

The 24 most recent collisions in Sarn happened between 7 September 2019 and 23 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sarn

The A4061 has the most collisions in Sarn, 172 of 900 (19%), followed by the A4063 (145).

Collisions in Sarn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4061172242120
2ndA4063145216018
3rdA40658110318
4thA4064264012
5thB4281263402
6thM4132400
7thB42805600

Council area for Sarn

Sarn is in Bridgend, where police recorded 15,429 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sarn accounts for 5.8% of them.

Postcode district for Sarn

All 900 collisions in Sarn were in the CF32 postcode district.