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Blaenau Ffestiniog road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 205 road traffic collisions in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, from 1979 to 2025, and 255 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 31 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
205
1,922nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
255
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
31
35 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blaenau Ffestiniog

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious3115%
  • Slight17485%

What the data shows

  • Blaenau Ffestiniog had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 64% fewer than the 45 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Blaenau Ffestiniog were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 86 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blaenau Ffestiniog, 34% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Where Blaenau Ffestiniog ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,922nd
Most casualties
1,979th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,285th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (20%)
  • Tuesday21 (10%)
  • Wednesday29 (14%)
  • Thursday28 (14%)
  • Friday42 (20%)
  • Saturday25 (12%)
  • Sunday20 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight152 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit46 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway193 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (2.4%)
  • Roundabout4 (2%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph199 (97%)
  • 60 mph5 (2.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds151 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (3.4%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Other5 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant100 (39%)
  • Pedestrian84 (33%)
  • Cyclist36 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (7.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (3.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (2%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blaenau Ffestiniog road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blaenau Ffestiniog peaked at 10 in 1997; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202300
202234
202111
202011
201911
201823
201755
201611
201522
201422
201333
201211
201144
201078
2009919
200879
200756
200658
200523
200455
200344
200255
200145
200023
199957
199844
19971011
199656
199544
199466
199344
1992815
199157
199056
198977
19881010
1987610
198645
198555
198466
198377
198235
1981813
198022
1979810

Map of recent crashes in Blaenau Ffestiniog

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blaenau Ffestiniog

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blaenau Ffestiniog

The 24 most recent collisions in Blaenau Ffestiniog happened between 24 January 2012 and 26 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blaenau Ffestiniog

The A470 has the most collisions in Blaenau Ffestiniog, 109 of 205 (53%), followed by the A496 (13).

Collisions in Blaenau Ffestiniog on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA470109141018
2ndA496132204

Council area for Blaenau Ffestiniog

Blaenau Ffestiniog is in Gwynedd, where police recorded 16,819 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blaenau Ffestiniog accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Blaenau Ffestiniog

All 205 collisions in Blaenau Ffestiniog were in the LL41 postcode district.