Road crashes in Vale of Glamorgan

5,434 recorded collisions since 2000.

Vale of Glamorgan has recorded 5,434 road collisions since 2000, 85 of them fatal and 648 causing serious injury. That makes it the 288th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 13% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 15.6 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 70% since 2000, from 297 to 90 in 2024. The A4055 is the most affected road locally, with 494 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.