Road crashes in Rhondda Cynon Taf

10,681 recorded collisions since 2000.

Rhondda Cynon Taf has recorded 10,681 road collisions since 2000, 183 of them fatal and 1,261 causing serious injury. That makes it the 125th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 14% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 17.1 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 69% since 2000, from 458 to 144 in 2024. The A470 is the most affected road locally, with 759 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.