Road crashes in Newport

7,256 recorded collisions since 2000.

Newport has recorded 7,256 road collisions since 2000, 118 of them fatal and 970 causing serious injury. That makes it the 221st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 16.3 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 65% since 2000, from 456 to 159 in 2024. The A48 is the most affected road locally, with 1,061 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.