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Flint road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,181 road traffic collisions in Flint, Flintshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,600 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 173 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,181
672nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,600
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
173
201 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Flint

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal90.8%
  • Serious17315%
  • Slight99985%

What the data shows

  • Flint had 89 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 174 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Flint were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 367 children under 16 were killed or injured in Flint, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Flint.

Where Flint ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
672nd
Most casualties
640th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
773rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday180 (15%)
  • Tuesday149 (13%)
  • Wednesday169 (14%)
  • Thursday170 (14%)
  • Friday209 (18%)
  • Saturday163 (14%)
  • Sunday141 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight894 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit250 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway981 (83%)
  • Dual carriageway176 (15%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (1%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph16 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph1,089 (92%)
  • 40 mph17 (1.4%)
  • 50 mph11 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph21 (1.8%)
  • 70 mph27 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds923 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds143 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Other51 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded16 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant859 (54%)
  • Pedestrian414 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist130 (8.1%)
  • Cyclist119 (7.4%)
  • Van occupant27 (1.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant19 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Flint road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Flint, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Flint peaked at 52 in 1991; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
20241010
20231519
2022910
20211214
2020811
2019916
201855
20171011
201679
20151318
2014812
20131416
20121218
2011916
20102232
20091834
20082432
20071927
20063551
20052226
20042629
20032543
20023447
20012538
20004256
19994152
19984362
19973038
19964356
19953351
19943955
19933048
19923545
19915270
19904352
19893348
19884755
19873139
19862338
19854152
19844660
19832021
19822429
19812942
19803139
19793042

Map of recent crashes in Flint

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Flint

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Flint

The 24 most recent collisions in Flint happened between 19 June 2023 and 16 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Flint

The A548 has the most collisions in Flint, 512 of 1,181 (43%), followed by the A5119 (191).

Collisions in Flint on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA548512737684
2ndA5119191269028

Council area for Flint

Flint is in Flintshire, where police recorded 22,687 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Flint accounts for 5.2% of them.

Postcode district for Flint

All 1,181 collisions in Flint were in the CH6 postcode district.