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Broughton (Flintshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 470 road traffic collisions in Broughton, Flintshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 630 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 75 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
470
1,205th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
630
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
75
86 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Broughton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.9%
  • Serious7516%
  • Slight39183%

What the data shows

  • Broughton had 45 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 90 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Broughton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 63 children under 16 were killed or injured in Broughton, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Broughton.

Where Broughton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,205th
Most casualties
1,165th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,362nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday80 (17%)
  • Tuesday68 (14%)
  • Wednesday62 (13%)
  • Thursday90 (19%)
  • Friday80 (17%)
  • Saturday55 (12%)
  • Sunday35 (7.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight343 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit106 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway401 (85%)
  • Roundabout54 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (2.1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph199 (42%)
  • 40 mph36 (7.7%)
  • 50 mph5 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph208 (44%)
  • 70 mph18 (3.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds359 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds65 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other21 (4.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant383 (61%)
  • Motorcyclist96 (15%)
  • Pedestrian65 (10%)
  • Cyclist59 (9.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Broughton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Broughton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Broughton peaked at 20 in 1981; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202422
202355
202267
202159
202023
201955
201845
201748
201689
201544
20141012
20131112
201236
201179
201036
20091017
20081423
20071622
20061215
20051624
20041623
20031219
20021518
20011720
20001622
19991422
19981427
19971118
19961117
199544
19941011
19931014
1992814
199179
199089
198977
19881823
1987910
19861313
19851114
19841823
19831619
19821012
19812026
19801316
19791112

Map of recent crashes in Broughton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Broughton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Broughton

The 24 most recent collisions in Broughton happened between 29 February 2020 and 17 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Broughton

The A5104 has the most collisions in Broughton, 186 of 470 (40%), followed by the B5129 (42).

Collisions in Broughton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5104186258024
2ndB5129425819
3rdA55385212
4thA5493646011
5thB512571502

Council area for Broughton

Broughton is in Flintshire, where police recorded 22,687 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Broughton accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode districts in Broughton

Collisions in Broughton were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by CH4 (441) and CH5 (29).