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Holywell (Flintshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 828 road traffic collisions in Holywell, Flintshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,106 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 107 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
828
861st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,106
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
107
119 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Holywell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.2%
  • Serious10713%
  • Slight71186%

What the data shows

  • Holywell had 68 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 152 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Holywell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 190 children under 16 were killed or injured in Holywell, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Holywell.

Where Holywell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
861st
Most casualties
833rd
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,102nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday127 (15%)
  • Tuesday96 (12%)
  • Wednesday106 (13%)
  • Thursday155 (19%)
  • Friday141 (17%)
  • Saturday116 (14%)
  • Sunday87 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight631 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit167 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (2.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway776 (94%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (4.1%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1.1%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded8 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph594 (72%)
  • 40 mph151 (18%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph68 (8.2%)
  • 70 mph7 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds606 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds143 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds17 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other34 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant680 (61%)
  • Pedestrian228 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist106 (9.6%)
  • Cyclist48 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant14 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Holywell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Holywell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Holywell peaked at 34 in 1998; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202548
202411
202399
202279
202188
202056
20191112
201859
20171013
2016810
20151113
20141114
20131113
20121013
20111216
20101921
20091426
20082738
20071720
20062025
20051720
20041922
20031618
20021718
20011825
20001419
19992836
19983439
19972030
19962429
19953046
19942537
19932540
19921618
19912936
19902428
19892123
19881926
19871928
19862132
19853140
19842834
19832641
19822234
19812739
19802029
19791835

Map of recent crashes in Holywell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Holywell

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Holywell

The 24 most recent collisions in Holywell happened between 24 August 2021 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Holywell

The A5026 has the most collisions in Holywell, 363 of 828 (44%), followed by the A55 (90).

Collisions in Holywell on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5026363491641
2ndA5590160116
3rdB512185120213
4thB5432314204

Council area for Holywell

Holywell is in Flintshire, where police recorded 22,687 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Holywell accounts for 3.6% of them.

Postcode district for Holywell

All 828 collisions in Holywell were in the CH8 postcode district.