Road crashes in Monmouthshire

4,172 recorded collisions since 2000.

Monmouthshire has recorded 4,172 road collisions since 2000, 147 of them fatal and 897 causing serious injury. That makes it the 322nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 25% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 35.2 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 70% since 2000, from 371 to 113 in 2024. The A40 is the most affected road locally, with 476 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.