Road crashes in Swansea

12,963 recorded collisions since 2000.

Swansea has recorded 12,963 road collisions since 2000, 139 of them fatal and 1,235 causing serious injury. That makes it the 92nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 11% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 10.7 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 81% since 2000, from 711 to 138 in 2024. The A4067 is the most affected road locally, with 1,090 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.