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SY3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,491 road traffic collisions in the SY3 postcode district, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,717 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 70 were fatal and 751 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 19 collisions, down 55% on 2024 (42).

Collisions since 1979
3,491
1,093rd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,717
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
70
74 people killed
Serious collisions
751
886 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
19
Down 55% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
26
Down 54% on 2024

Road collision statistics for SY3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal702%
  • Serious75122%
  • Slight2,67076%

What the data shows

  • SY3 had 348 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 556 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in SY3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 634 children under 16 were killed or injured in SY3, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in SY3.

Where SY3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,093rd
Most casualties
1,082nd
Most fatal collisions
685th
Most serious collisions
837th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday508 (15%)
  • Tuesday484 (14%)
  • Wednesday550 (16%)
  • Thursday497 (14%)
  • Friday562 (16%)
  • Saturday476 (14%)
  • Sunday414 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,543 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit754 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting157 (4.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown27 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,694 (77%)
  • Roundabout460 (13%)
  • Dual carriageway294 (8.4%)
  • One way street or slip road29 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph8 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph1,918 (55%)
  • 40 mph660 (19%)
  • 50 mph17 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph685 (20%)
  • 70 mph201 (5.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,819 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds478 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds42 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds40 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist24 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds21 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other62 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,730 (58%)
  • Motorcyclist584 (12%)
  • Cyclist565 (12%)
  • Pedestrian557 (12%)
  • Van occupant92 (2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant90 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)48 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant22 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant16 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SY3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SY3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SY3 peaked at 128 in 1985; 2025 had 19.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 19
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251926
20244257
20233036
20223649
20213337
20203743
20193952
20182835
20173954
20164562
20154251
20144556
20133950
20124958
20115483
20106695
20095682
20086388
20077182
20067190
20055880
20046687
20037585
200288106
2001102136
200091144
199987108
199888115
19977392
199689114
199598165
199493135
199389130
1992111154
199189121
1990117166
1989118168
1988116151
1987113165
198687127
1985128173
1984110143
198387111
198299126
1981101142
1980111143
1979103144

Map of recent crashes in SY3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SY3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SY3

The 24 most recent collisions in SY3 happened between 21 November 2024 and 15 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SY3

The A5 has the most collisions in SY3, 652 of 3,491 (19%), followed by the A458 (553).

Collisions in SY3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA565296019146
2ndA45855386019136
3rdB4386291369456
4thA49247364956
5thB4380230335438
6thA488214266144
7thA5191170215130
8thA5112125158017
9thB43683401

Council area for SY3

SY3 is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SY3 accounts for 8.4% of them.

Towns in SY3

Collisions in SY3 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Shrewsbury (2,371) and Bayston Hill (184).