Written question WQ84697

Asked by: Natasha AsgharConservativeMember for South Wales East
To be answered by: Minister for Climate Change
Tabled: 7 March 2022
Due: 14 March 2022
Answered: 14 March 2022
Time to answer: 7 daysAnswered by the due date

Question

Will the Minister provide the number of collisions that have occurred on the M4 in Wales for the years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22?

Answer

Answered by Deputy Minister for Climate Change

Please see below table as recorded via the Stats 19 – Road Accident Database.

Number of road traffic accidents on the M4 in Wales by financial year, 2017-18 onwards

Financial Year Number of Accidents

2017-18 136

2018-19 110

2019-20 125

2020-21 58

Source: Stats 19 - Road Accident Database

Police recorded road accident numbers throughout most of 2020 were affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which saw restrictions on how, where and why people could travel within Wales. This is reflected in the decrease shown in the table above for 2020-21.

At present there is no available validated Stats 19 information for 2021-22.

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