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SY2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,678 road traffic collisions in the SY2 postcode district, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,073 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 345 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, down from 13 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,678
1,906th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,073
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
21 people killed
Serious collisions
345
390 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
13 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for SY2

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.2%
  • Serious34521%
  • Slight1,31378%

What the data shows

  • SY2 had 180 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 28% fewer than the 250 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in SY2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 316 children under 16 were killed or injured in SY2, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in SY2.

Where SY2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,906th
Most casualties
1,977th
Most fatal collisions
2,159th
Most serious collisions
1,899th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday255 (15%)
  • Tuesday269 (16%)
  • Wednesday253 (15%)
  • Thursday252 (15%)
  • Friday273 (16%)
  • Saturday214 (13%)
  • Sunday162 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,235 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit379 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting39 (2.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,405 (84%)
  • Roundabout141 (8.4%)
  • Dual carriageway85 (5.1%)
  • One way street or slip road44 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph1,279 (76%)
  • 40 mph73 (4.4%)
  • 50 mph11 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph257 (15%)
  • 70 mph57 (3.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,368 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds230 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (1%)
  • Fog or mist13 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other18 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant927 (45%)
  • Cyclist400 (19%)
  • Pedestrian325 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist306 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant41 (2%)
  • Van occupant39 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SY2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SY2, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SY2 peaked at 67 in 1982; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251215
20241317
20231417
20222128
20211820
20201214
20192633
20181516
20172432
20162533
20152327
20141415
20132531
20122034
20111822
20103244
20092331
20083749
20073644
20062226
20053951
20042830
20033345
20023943
20013945
20003238
19994047
19983140
19975259
19964252
19954050
19942634
19932837
19925968
19914655
19906169
19895571
19885264
19875468
19863847
19856476
19845466
19836273
19826783
19815071
19806480
19795363

Map of recent crashes in SY2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SY2

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SY2

The 24 most recent collisions in SY2 happened between 20 February 2024 and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SY2

The A458 has the most collisions in SY2, 297 of 1,678 (18%), followed by the A49 (244).

Collisions in SY2 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA458297348364
2ndA49244296363
3rdA5112162219543
4thA5138216229
5thA5064475615
6thB4380345909
7thA5191202105

Council area for SY2

SY2 is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SY2 accounts for 4% of them.

Town in SY2

Of the 1,678 collisions in SY2, 1,445 (86%) were in Shrewsbury.