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Conwy road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,160 road traffic collisions in Conwy from 1979 to 2025, and 1,544 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 173 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,160
680th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,544
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
11 people killed
Serious collisions
173
193 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Conwy

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal110.9%
  • Serious17315%
  • Slight97684%

What the data shows

  • Conwy had 81 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 64% fewer than the 224 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Conwy were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 295 children under 16 were killed or injured in Conwy, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Conwy.

Where Conwy ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
680th
Most casualties
652nd
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
773rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday143 (12%)
  • Tuesday174 (15%)
  • Wednesday157 (14%)
  • Thursday175 (15%)
  • Friday189 (16%)
  • Saturday199 (17%)
  • Sunday123 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight881 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit259 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway981 (85%)
  • One way street or slip road91 (7.8%)
  • Roundabout63 (5.4%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph13 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph1,062 (92%)
  • 40 mph37 (3.2%)
  • 60 mph35 (3%)
  • 70 mph13 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds881 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds178 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds34 (2.9%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other35 (3%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant805 (52%)
  • Pedestrian309 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist184 (12%)
  • Cyclist144 (9.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant46 (3%)
  • Van occupant19 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant13 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Conwy road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Conwy, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Conwy peaked at 58 in 1979; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202589
202477
202358
2022910
202177
202078
2019912
201878
20171112
20161115
20151720
20142834
20132327
20122433
20111824
20102028
20091820
20082539
20072131
20063047
20051723
20043339
20033034
20022635
20011729
20002950
19992336
19982026
19972737
19962531
19952027
19942735
19932632
19922938
19913550
19903546
19893845
19884255
19873948
19862127
19853646
19844156
19833140
19825368
19813844
19803964
19795884

Map of recent crashes in Conwy

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Conwy

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 Conwy

The 24 most recent collisions in Conwy happened between 24 May 2022 and 21 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Conwy

The A55 has the most collisions in Conwy, 257 of 1,160 (22%), followed by the A547 (224).

Collisions in Conwy on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA55257344148
2ndA547224280226
3rdA546167252232
4thB5115487638
5thB5106384217
6thA470194200
7thA4964500

Council area for Conwy

Conwy is in Conwy, where police recorded 16,359 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Conwy accounts for 7.1% of them.

Postcode districts in Conwy

Collisions in Conwy were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by LL31 (760) and LL32 (339).