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Gwersyllt road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 563 road traffic collisions in Gwersyllt, Wrexham, from 1979 to 2025, and 797 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 83 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
563
1,084th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
797
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
83
99 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Gwersyllt

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.1%
  • Serious8315%
  • Slight47484%

What the data shows

  • Gwersyllt had 47 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 87 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Gwersyllt were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 158 children under 16 were killed or injured in Gwersyllt, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Gwersyllt.

Where Gwersyllt ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,084th
Most casualties
1,010th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,275th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday55 (9.8%)
  • Tuesday79 (14%)
  • Wednesday87 (15%)
  • Thursday104 (18%)
  • Friday105 (19%)
  • Saturday77 (14%)
  • Sunday56 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight391 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit146 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway521 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway21 (3.7%)
  • Roundabout10 (1.8%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (2%)
  • 30 mph403 (72%)
  • 40 mph31 (5.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph103 (18%)
  • 70 mph14 (2.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds438 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds79 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other20 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant456 (57%)
  • Pedestrian144 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist82 (10%)
  • Cyclist49 (6.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant22 (2.8%)
  • Minibus occupant17 (2.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant13 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Gwersyllt road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Gwersyllt, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Gwersyllt peaked at 24 in 1987; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202422
202359
202255
202156
202023
201966
201857
201789
201667
201577
20141013
201356
2012911
20111010
20101323
20091415
200869
2007615
200677
200589
20041115
20031522
20021319
20011526
20002229
19991924
19981520
19972129
19961422
19951430
19942027
19931016
19921112
19911418
199078
19892226
19881928
19872440
19862030
19851830
19841623
19831316
19822126
19811527
19801723
19791529

Map of recent crashes in Gwersyllt

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Gwersyllt

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Gwersyllt

The 24 most recent collisions in Gwersyllt happened between 29 June 2019 and 1 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Gwersyllt

The A541 has the most collisions in Gwersyllt, 165 of 563 (29%), followed by the B5425 (53).

Collisions in Gwersyllt on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA541165274331
2ndB5425537616

Council area for Gwersyllt

Gwersyllt is in Wrexham, where police recorded 17,267 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Gwersyllt accounts for 3.3% of them.

Postcode district for Gwersyllt

All 563 collisions in Gwersyllt were in the LL11 postcode district.