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Barmouth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 155 road traffic collisions in Barmouth, Gwynedd, from 1979 to 2025, and 174 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 26 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
155
2,228th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
174
1.12 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
26
27 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Barmouth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2617%
  • Slight12983%

What the data shows

  • Barmouth had 19 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 64% fewer than the 53 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Barmouth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 35 children under 16 were killed or injured in Barmouth, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Barmouth.

Where Barmouth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,228th
Most casualties
2,468th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,489th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23 (15%)
  • Tuesday14 (9%)
  • Wednesday16 (10%)
  • Thursday23 (15%)
  • Friday26 (17%)
  • Saturday28 (18%)
  • Sunday25 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight122 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit30 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway114 (74%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (22%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph147 (95%)
  • 40 mph3 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds125 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian95 (55%)
  • Car occupant42 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist17 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist16 (9.2%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (2.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Barmouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Barmouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Barmouth peaked at 13 in 2010; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202411
202322
202222
202122
202022
201944
201800
201733
201611
201566
201433
201356
201244
201168
20101314
200934
200855
200711
200678
200511
200422
200355
200246
200177
200044
199936
199833
199722
199633
199544
199400
199322
199223
199122
199022
198933
198844
198755
198634
198534
198434
198322
198245
198111
198056
197945

Map of recent crashes in Barmouth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Barmouth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Barmouth

The 24 most recent collisions in Barmouth happened between 3 June 2015 and 27 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Barmouth

Of the 155 collisions in Barmouth, 95 were on the A496.

Collisions in Barmouth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA49695110015

Council area for Barmouth

Barmouth is in Gwynedd, where police recorded 16,819 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Barmouth accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Barmouth

All 155 collisions in Barmouth were in the LL42 postcode district.