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Gresford road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 330 road traffic collisions in Gresford, Wrexham, from 1979 to 2025, and 445 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 65 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
330
1,467th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
445
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
65
74 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Gresford

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.5%
  • Serious6520%
  • Slight26079%

What the data shows

  • Gresford had 14 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 33 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Gresford were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 48 children under 16 were killed or injured in Gresford, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Gresford.

Where Gresford ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,467th
Most casualties
1,430th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday52 (16%)
  • Tuesday48 (15%)
  • Wednesday50 (15%)
  • Thursday36 (11%)
  • Friday64 (19%)
  • Saturday45 (14%)
  • Sunday35 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight238 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit75 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (2.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway325 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph197 (60%)
  • 40 mph102 (31%)
  • 60 mph29 (8.8%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds256 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds47 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other12 (3.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant293 (66%)
  • Motorcyclist45 (10%)
  • Cyclist42 (9.4%)
  • Pedestrian38 (8.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (2.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Gresford road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Gresford, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Gresford peaked at 34 in 1988; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202300
202245
202122
202022
201911
201822
201712
201612
201557
201433
201322
201236
201133
201022
200912
200844
200756
200659
200556
200422
2003713
200269
200179
20001011
1999813
19981317
19971628
199669
199546
199455
199344
199279
199144
19901112
198944
19883444
19871925
19861420
19851113
19842235
19831727
19821414
1981813
19801117
19791415

Map of recent crashes in Gresford

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Gresford

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Gresford

The 24 most recent collisions in Gresford happened between 8 April 2013 and 16 September 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Gresford

The A483 has the most collisions in Gresford, 139 of 330 (42%), followed by the B5445 (124).

Collisions in Gresford on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA483139193429
2ndB5445124174025
3rdB53733302

Council area for Gresford

Gresford is in Wrexham, where police recorded 17,267 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Gresford accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Gresford

All 330 collisions in Gresford were in the LL12 postcode district.