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Acrefair and Cefn-mawr road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 477 road traffic collisions in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr, Wrexham, from 1979 to 2025, and 625 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 90 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
477
1,193rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
625
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
90
102 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Acrefair and Cefn-mawr

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.3%
  • Serious9019%
  • Slight38180%

What the data shows

  • Acrefair and Cefn-mawr had 36 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 82 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 134 children under 16 were killed or injured in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr.

Where Acrefair and Cefn-mawr ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,193rd
Most casualties
1,170th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,216th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (13%)
  • Tuesday63 (13%)
  • Wednesday67 (14%)
  • Thursday70 (15%)
  • Friday79 (17%)
  • Saturday81 (17%)
  • Sunday57 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight345 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit118 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway467 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph424 (89%)
  • 40 mph11 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph28 (5.9%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds370 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds58 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Other19 (4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant314 (50%)
  • Pedestrian140 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist83 (13%)
  • Cyclist49 (7.8%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Acrefair and Cefn-mawr road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr peaked at 26 in 1985; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202423
202344
202245
202189
202022
201911
201844
201744
201678
201588
20141218
201335
20121217
201167
20101212
200966
20081011
200744
2006912
2005910
20041120
200378
20021521
200168
200044
19991112
19982029
19971119
19961115
199578
19941213
199388
19921217
1991812
19901217
19891519
19881517
19871726
19861819
19852641
19841624
19832229
19821928
19811821
19801421
19791519

Map of recent crashes in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr

The 24 most recent collisions in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr happened between 19 April 2018 and 24 August 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr

The A539 has the most collisions in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr, 142 of 477 (30%), followed by the B5096 (49).

Collisions in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA539142214128
2ndB5096495807
3rdA4834061212
4thB5605274211

Council area for Acrefair and Cefn-mawr

Acrefair and Cefn-mawr is in Wrexham, where police recorded 17,267 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Acrefair and Cefn-mawr accounts for 2.8% of them.

Postcode districts in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr

Collisions in Acrefair and Cefn-mawr were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by LL14 (428) and LL20 (49).