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Denbigh road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 667 road traffic collisions in Denbigh, Denbighshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 790 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 98 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
667
978th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
790
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
98
102 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Denbigh

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.3%
  • Serious9815%
  • Slight56785%

What the data shows

  • Denbigh had 57 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 129 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Denbigh were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 138 children under 16 were killed or injured in Denbigh, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Denbigh.

Where Denbigh ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
978th
Most casualties
1,012th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,158th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday99 (15%)
  • Tuesday110 (16%)
  • Wednesday99 (15%)
  • Thursday101 (15%)
  • Friday95 (14%)
  • Saturday100 (15%)
  • Sunday63 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight507 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit135 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (1.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway586 (88%)
  • Roundabout41 (6.1%)
  • One way street or slip road20 (3%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph610 (91%)
  • 40 mph10 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph36 (5.4%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds521 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds92 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Other29 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant351 (44%)
  • Pedestrian237 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist92 (12%)
  • Cyclist70 (8.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Denbigh road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Denbigh, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Denbigh peaked at 31 in 1981; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202433
202355
202244
202156
202055
201933
201867
20171011
20161214
20151516
20141114
2013915
201289
20111619
20101415
20091415
20082430
200767
20061213
20051415
20041112
20032024
20021418
20011519
20001622
19991515
19981719
19971725
19962125
19951819
19941824
19932225
19921821
19911823
199099
19892326
19881618
19871925
19861214
19851718
19842125
19831924
19822325
19813136
19801420
19792327

Map of recent crashes in Denbigh

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Denbigh

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Denbigh

The 24 most recent collisions in Denbigh happened between 18 September 2020 and 9 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Denbigh

The A543 has the most collisions in Denbigh, 356 of 667 (53%), followed by the A525 (67).

Collisions in Denbigh on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA543356427140
2ndA525678309
3rdB5382262806
4thB4501131602

Council area for Denbigh

Denbigh is in Denbighshire, where police recorded 15,315 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Denbigh accounts for 4.4% of them.

Postcode district for Denbigh

All 667 collisions in Denbigh were in the LL16 postcode district.