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Dolgellau road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 142 road traffic collisions in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, from 1979 to 2025, and 160 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 27 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 11 February 2023.

Collisions since 1979
142
2,351st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
160
1.13 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
27
28 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
11 Feb 2023
Busiest year
1979
11 collisions

Road collision statistics for Dolgellau

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2719%
  • Slight11581%

What the data shows

  • Dolgellau had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 30 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Dolgellau were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 26 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dolgellau, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Dolgellau.

Where Dolgellau ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,351st
Most casualties
2,589th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday12 (8.5%)
  • Tuesday17 (12%)
  • Wednesday25 (18%)
  • Thursday34 (24%)
  • Friday20 (14%)
  • Saturday27 (19%)
  • Sunday7 (4.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight120 (85%)
  • Dark, street lights lit17 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway92 (65%)
  • One way street or slip road48 (34%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph130 (92%)
  • 60 mph11 (7.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds98 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (21%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other6 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian80 (50%)
  • Car occupant52 (33%)
  • Cyclist11 (6.9%)
  • Motorcyclist11 (6.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dolgellau road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dolgellau, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dolgellau peaked at 11 in 1979; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202311
202222
202111
202000
201955
201844
201744
201600
201533
201444
201322
201234
201123
201011
200933
200857
2007710
200600
200533
200466
200322
200233
200144
200044
199911
199845
199755
199634
199522
199411
199333
199268
199166
199022
198922
198823
198745
198622
198545
198466
198333
198222
198113
198033
19791113

Map of recent crashes in Dolgellau

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dolgellau

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dolgellau

The 24 most recent collisions in Dolgellau happened between 19 April 2014 and 11 February 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dolgellau

The A470 has the most collisions in Dolgellau, 10 of 142 (7%), followed by the A493 (3).

Collisions in Dolgellau on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA470101102
2ndA4933500

Council area for Dolgellau

Dolgellau is in Gwynedd, where police recorded 16,819 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dolgellau accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Dolgellau

All 142 collisions in Dolgellau were in the LL40 postcode district.