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Buckley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 983 road traffic collisions in Buckley, Flintshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,226 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 133 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
983
764th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,226
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
14 people killed
Serious collisions
133
143 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Buckley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal141.4%
  • Serious13314%
  • Slight83685%

What the data shows

  • Buckley had 71 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 136 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Buckley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 228 children under 16 were killed or injured in Buckley, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Buckley.

Where Buckley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
764th
Most casualties
776th
Most fatal collisions
669th
Most serious collisions
946th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday135 (14%)
  • Tuesday140 (14%)
  • Wednesday145 (15%)
  • Thursday148 (15%)
  • Friday157 (16%)
  • Saturday163 (17%)
  • Sunday95 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight705 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit262 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway947 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway27 (2.7%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.3%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph18 (1.8%)
  • 30 mph938 (95%)
  • 60 mph21 (2.1%)
  • 70 mph6 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds751 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds134 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other46 (4.7%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant612 (50%)
  • Pedestrian292 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist147 (12%)
  • Cyclist110 (9%)
  • Van occupant18 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant13 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Buckley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Buckley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Buckley peaked at 42 in 1996; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202444
20231216
20221212
202177
202045
2019911
201879
201788
201658
20151114
20142024
201389
20121415
20111213
2010810
200946
20081518
20071928
20062528
20051423
20042528
20031822
20022133
20012029
20003138
19992235
19982631
19973448
19964254
19953243
19943240
19933443
19923239
19912936
19902938
19893742
19883544
19872730
19862731
19851820
19842732
19832329
19823740
19812932
19803443
19794155

Map of recent crashes in Buckley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Buckley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Buckley

The 24 most recent collisions in Buckley happened between 12 September 2022 and 30 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Buckley

The A549 has the most collisions in Buckley, 415 of 983 (42%), followed by the B5127 (144).

Collisions in Buckley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA549415521646
2ndB5127144184319
3rdB5128416005
4thA555710

Council area for Buckley

Buckley is in Flintshire, where police recorded 22,687 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Buckley accounts for 4.3% of them.

Postcode district for Buckley

All 983 collisions in Buckley were in the CH7 postcode district.