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Bethesda road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 163 road traffic collisions in Bethesda, Gwynedd, from 1979 to 2025, and 201 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 37 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
163
2,172nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
201
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
3 people killed
Serious collisions
37
40 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bethesda

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.2%
  • Serious3723%
  • Slight12476%

What the data shows

  • Bethesda had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 57% fewer than the 37 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Bethesda were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 48 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bethesda, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in Bethesda.

Where Bethesda ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,172nd
Most casualties
2,262nd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,072nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (15%)
  • Tuesday31 (19%)
  • Wednesday23 (14%)
  • Thursday20 (12%)
  • Friday29 (18%)
  • Saturday24 (15%)
  • Sunday12 (7.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight128 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit28 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway160 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph145 (89%)
  • 40 mph12 (7.4%)
  • 60 mph5 (3.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds104 (64%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (5.5%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (3.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other6 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (3.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant97 (48%)
  • Pedestrian67 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist16 (8%)
  • Cyclist15 (7.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bethesda road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bethesda, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bethesda peaked at 9 in 1982; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202400
202322
202211
202123
202011
201911
201811
201744
201612
201544
201449
201358
201222
201168
201056
200933
200822
200711
200657
200522
200455
200334
2002713
200133
200012
199944
1998810
199789
199633
199535
199444
199356
199211
199135
199067
198911
198824
198744
198644
198500
198433
1983811
1982910
198133
198066
197944

Map of recent crashes in Bethesda

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bethesda

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bethesda

The 24 most recent collisions in Bethesda happened between 10 March 2014 and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bethesda

Of the 163 collisions in Bethesda, 92 were on the A5.

Collisions in Bethesda on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA592116121

Council area for Bethesda

Bethesda is in Gwynedd, where police recorded 16,819 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bethesda accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Bethesda

All 163 collisions in Bethesda were in the LL57 postcode district.