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Colwyn Bay road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,711 road traffic collisions in Colwyn Bay, Conwy, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,411 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 32 were fatal and 458 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, down from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,711
362nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,411
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
32
32 people killed
Serious collisions
458
501 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Colwyn Bay

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal321.2%
  • Serious45817%
  • Slight2,22182%

What the data shows

  • Colwyn Bay had 218 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 490 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Colwyn Bay were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 625 children under 16 were killed or injured in Colwyn Bay, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Colwyn Bay.

Where Colwyn Bay ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
362nd
Most casualties
358th
Most fatal collisions
323rd
Most serious collisions
359th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday403 (15%)
  • Tuesday430 (16%)
  • Wednesday394 (15%)
  • Thursday429 (16%)
  • Friday430 (16%)
  • Saturday354 (13%)
  • Sunday271 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,112 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit548 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit24 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,422 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road106 (3.9%)
  • Dual carriageway99 (3.7%)
  • Roundabout59 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded25 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph31 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph2,534 (93%)
  • 40 mph33 (1.2%)
  • 50 mph76 (2.8%)
  • 60 mph24 (0.9%)
  • 70 mph13 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,054 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds423 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds60 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds50 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (under 0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other85 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded25 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,701 (50%)
  • Pedestrian793 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist423 (12%)
  • Cyclist287 (8.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant81 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant30 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant29 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant23 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant21 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (0.4%)
  • Other11 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Colwyn Bay road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Colwyn Bay, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Colwyn Bay peaked at 110 in 1984; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251214
20241417
20231719
20221823
20212730
20201721
20192835
20182932
20172938
20162739
20154047
20144651
20134146
20124053
20115570
20105270
20096389
20084867
20075062
20065572
20055263
20045566
20035972
20027080
20016784
200074106
19997295
199887111
19977084
19966896
19957496
19946275
19936272
19925162
19918094
199087105
19897082
19887187
19877599
19866174
19857595
1984110142
198399108
198293135
198190113
198077104
197992116

Map of recent crashes in Colwyn Bay

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Colwyn Bay

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Colwyn Bay

The 24 most recent collisions in Colwyn Bay happened between 1 March 2024 and 30 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Colwyn Bay

The A547 has the most collisions in Colwyn Bay, 816 of 2,711 (30%), followed by the A55 (379).

Collisions in Colwyn Bay on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA54781697314136
2ndA55379505595
3rdB5115169246019
4thB511376110118
5thA546516739
6thB5104415408
7thB5383394906
8thA548131400

Council area for Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay is in Conwy, where police recorded 16,359 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Colwyn Bay accounts for 17% of them.

Postcode districts in Colwyn Bay

Collisions in Colwyn Bay were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by LL29 (1,905) and LL28 (793).