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Chirk road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 222 road traffic collisions in Chirk, Wrexham, from 1979 to 2025, and 350 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 36 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
222
1,841st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
350
1.58 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
36
41 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Chirk

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.8%
  • Serious3616%
  • Slight18282%

What the data shows

  • Chirk had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 32 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Chirk were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 92 children under 16 were killed or injured in Chirk, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Chirk.

Where Chirk ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,841st
Most casualties
1,648th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,107th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday32 (14%)
  • Tuesday34 (15%)
  • Wednesday20 (9%)
  • Thursday30 (14%)
  • Friday40 (18%)
  • Saturday44 (20%)
  • Sunday22 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight165 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit52 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway219 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.9%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph138 (62%)
  • 40 mph74 (33%)
  • 60 mph9 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds178 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds28 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other10 (4.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant182 (52%)
  • Pedestrian50 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist43 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant38 (11%)
  • Cyclist22 (6.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Chirk road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Chirk, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Chirk peaked at 12 in 1989; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202322
202211
202133
202011
201900
201847
201722
201611
201511
201422
201355
201237
201111
201058
200945
200845
200723
2006510
200558
2004812
200335
200267
2001238
2000710
1999811
199835
199745
199633
199566
199446
199322
199233
199157
1990711
19891220
19881217
198778
19861012
1985710
198488
1983813
198268
1981921
19801115
1979914

Map of recent crashes in Chirk

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Chirk

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Chirk

The 24 most recent collisions in Chirk happened between 5 November 2012 and 8 March 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Chirk

The A5 has the most collisions in Chirk, 94 of 222 (42%), followed by the B5070 (74).

Collisions in Chirk on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA594146322
2ndB507074105010
3rdB450064200

Council area for Chirk

Chirk is in Wrexham, where police recorded 17,267 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Chirk accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Chirk

All 222 collisions in Chirk were in the LL14 postcode district.