RTCs and speeding A484 Cenarth 1075/2025

FOI Reference: 1075/2025

Request 1 - 4:

I request copies of speed and road-traffic incident data for the A484 through Cenarth (including the village and immediate approaches) for the five-year period 1 November 2020 to 31 October 2025. Specifically please provide:

1. the number and dates of reported road traffic collisions at or adjacent to the A484 in Cenarth, broken down by severity (fatal, serious, slight);
2. the number of speeding detections and fixed-penalty notices / prosecutions issued at this location;
3. any recorded vehicle speed data (mean, median, max, and sample size) and the dates/times of those measurements;
4. location details sufficient to identify the exact stretch of road (e.g. OS grid reference or latitude/longitude) and vehicle classification where available.

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Between 01/01/2020 & 31/10/2025 there were a total of 80 RTC’s between Cardigan & Newcastle Emlyn(which is where STORM is configured, to include Cenarth.

Of these, there were:

64 Damage only RTC’s

14 Minor injury RTC’s

1 serious injury RTC

1 fatal RTC.

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

If the request is referring to individuals stopped by an officer and issued with a TOR  (Traffic Offence Report), then the response is 0.

If you wish to obtain data referring to mobile speed camera offences, please contact the South Wales Central Ticketing office via the following link:

[email protected]

I am happy to forward your request on your behalf if you wish. Please advise.

Response 3:

I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that this information is not recorded.

Response 4:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Vehicle classification is not available.

We do not the exact grid references or latitude and longitude for each RTC, as we can only get the nearby location of the police vehicles(if they attended) at the incidents when it is ongoing. We can only provide the latitude and longitude for the sections of roads involved. This information would plot to approximately the halfway point of the section of road involved.

The road sections (and latitude/longitude) involved are:

A484-Between Newcastle Emlyn & Cenarth:

lat: 52234.29

long: -4300.08

A484-Between Cenarth & Cardigan:

lat:52347.58

long:-43546.11

Cenarth:

lat:52242.26

long:-43141.49                                             

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 20/11/2025)