Road crashes in Blaenau Gwent

2,681 recorded collisions since 2000.

Blaenau Gwent has recorded 2,681 road collisions since 2000, 38 of them fatal and 429 causing serious injury. That makes it the 343rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 14.2 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 69% since 2000, from 173 to 53 in 2024. The A4046 is the most affected road locally, with 302 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.