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Bangor road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,408 road traffic collisions in Bangor, Gwynedd, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,821 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 15 were fatal and 240 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 11 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,408
597th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,821
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
15
16 people killed
Serious collisions
240
267 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
11
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bangor

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal151.1%
  • Serious24017%
  • Slight1,15382%

What the data shows

  • Bangor had 128 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 266 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Bangor were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 308 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bangor, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Bangor.

Where Bangor ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
597th
Most casualties
581st
Most fatal collisions
628th
Most serious collisions
615th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday196 (14%)
  • Tuesday220 (16%)
  • Wednesday200 (14%)
  • Thursday209 (15%)
  • Friday243 (17%)
  • Saturday225 (16%)
  • Sunday115 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,036 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit331 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown18 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,190 (85%)
  • One way street or slip road124 (8.8%)
  • Roundabout64 (4.5%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph20 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph1,274 (90%)
  • 40 mph44 (3.1%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph55 (3.9%)
  • 70 mph11 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,021 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds234 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds50 (3.6%)
  • Fine with high winds25 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other52 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded21 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant832 (46%)
  • Pedestrian473 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist213 (12%)
  • Cyclist120 (6.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant111 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant24 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant22 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.2%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bangor road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bangor, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bangor peaked at 53 in 1982; 2025 had 11.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251116
202478
20231517
20221718
2021811
20201011
20191518
20181829
20171012
20161717
20152126
20142429
20133047
20122428
20112935
20102936
20093036
20082729
20072431
20062835
20051621
20042637
20033138
20023743
20012933
20003446
19992641
19983037
19974357
19963650
19952984
19945265
19933745
19924352
19914454
19904256
19893346
19883439
19873747
19863645
19854149
19844556
19834853
19825363
19814453
19804458
19794464

Map of recent crashes in Bangor

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bangor

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bangor

The 24 most recent collisions in Bangor happened between 4 July 2023 and 10 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bangor

The A4087 has the most collisions in Bangor, 242 of 1,408 (17%), followed by the A5122 (227).

Collisions in Bangor on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4087242324339
2ndA5122227299331
3rdA5198252239
4thA487223314
5thA40804901

Council area for Bangor

Bangor is in Gwynedd, where police recorded 16,819 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bangor accounts for 8.4% of them.

Postcode district for Bangor

All 1,408 collisions in Bangor were in the LL57 postcode district.