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Holyhead road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 922 road traffic collisions in Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,074 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 162 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
922
800th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,074
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
162
168 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Holyhead

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.9%
  • Serious16218%
  • Slight75282%

What the data shows

  • Holyhead had 56 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 120 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Holyhead were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 300 children under 16 were killed or injured in Holyhead, 28% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Holyhead.

Where Holyhead ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
800th
Most casualties
849th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
813th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday131 (14%)
  • Tuesday130 (14%)
  • Wednesday123 (13%)
  • Thursday155 (17%)
  • Friday144 (16%)
  • Saturday150 (16%)
  • Sunday89 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight672 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit220 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway794 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road71 (7.7%)
  • Dual carriageway30 (3.3%)
  • Roundabout17 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph888 (96%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph24 (2.6%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds719 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds106 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds32 (3.5%)
  • Raining with high winds22 (2.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other33 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian401 (37%)
  • Car occupant365 (34%)
  • Cyclist128 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist128 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant24 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant7 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Holyhead road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Holyhead, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Holyhead peaked at 42 in 1984; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202444
202368
202244
202167
202069
2019912
201867
201788
201667
20151417
201489
20131314
2012913
20111518
20101416
200999
2008811
20071115
20061929
20051922
20042238
20032225
20022022
20012326
20002633
19991919
19982225
19972629
19962021
19952830
19942425
19932628
19921819
19913642
19902931
19893042
19882833
19872324
19863036
19853742
19844247
19833640
19824045
19813436
19803844
19792832

Map of recent crashes in Holyhead

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Holyhead

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Holyhead

The 24 most recent collisions in Holyhead happened between 24 July 2020 and 9 February 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Holyhead

The A5 has the most collisions in Holyhead, 286 of 922 (31%), followed by the B4545 (86).

Collisions in Holyhead on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5286335658
2ndB454586113014
3rdA55192802

Council area for Holyhead

Holyhead is on the Isle of Anglesey, where police recorded 8,053 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Holyhead accounts for 11% of them.

Postcode district for Holyhead

All 922 collisions in Holyhead were in the LL65 postcode district.