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Betws-y-Coed road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 109 road traffic collisions in Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, from 1979 to 2025, and 148 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 18 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 16 June 2022.

Collisions since 1979
109
2,714th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
148
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
18
21 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
16 Jun 2022
Busiest year
1984
8 collisions

Road collision statistics for Betws-y-Coed

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.8%
  • Serious1817%
  • Slight8982%

What the data shows

  • Betws-y-Coed had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 57% fewer than the 21 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Betws-y-Coed were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in Betws-y-Coed, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Betws-y-Coed.

Where Betws-y-Coed ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,714th
Most casualties
2,677th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,774th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday7 (6.4%)
  • Tuesday10 (9.2%)
  • Wednesday15 (14%)
  • Thursday15 (14%)
  • Friday11 (10%)
  • Saturday23 (21%)
  • Sunday28 (26%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight91 (83%)
  • Dark, street lights lit16 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway109 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph93 (85%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph15 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds85 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (18%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other2 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant80 (54%)
  • Pedestrian35 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist17 (11%)
  • Cyclist9 (6.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Betws-y-Coed road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Betws-y-Coed, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Betws-y-Coed peaked at 8 in 1984; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202300
202233
202100
202000
201911
201812
201711
201634
201556
201411
201323
201211
201122
201023
200911
200823
200733
200622
200522
200411
200333
200246
200122
200058
199926
199822
199737
199646
199534
199414
199312
199223
199155
1990610
198933
198833
198711
198634
198511
1984812
198311
198234
198166
198034
197912

Map of recent crashes in Betws-y-Coed

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Betws-y-Coed

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Betws-y-Coed

The 24 most recent collisions in Betws-y-Coed happened between 2 October 2008 and 16 June 2022.

Severity

Crashes by road in Betws-y-Coed

The A5 has the most collisions in Betws-y-Coed, 87 of 109 (80%), followed by the B5106 (12).

Collisions in Betws-y-Coed on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA587123216
2ndB5106121201

Council area for Betws-y-Coed

Betws-y-Coed is in Conwy, where police recorded 16,359 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Betws-y-Coed accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Betws-y-Coed

All 109 collisions in Betws-y-Coed were in the LL24 postcode district.