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Llangollen road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 313 road traffic collisions in Llangollen, Denbighshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 425 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 44 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
313
1,510th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
425
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
44
57 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Llangollen

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.3%
  • Serious4414%
  • Slight26585%

What the data shows

  • Llangollen had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 53 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Llangollen were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 84 children under 16 were killed or injured in Llangollen, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Llangollen.

Where Llangollen ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,510th
Most casualties
1,469th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,873rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (12%)
  • Tuesday34 (11%)
  • Wednesday43 (14%)
  • Thursday47 (15%)
  • Friday53 (17%)
  • Saturday54 (17%)
  • Sunday45 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight262 (84%)
  • Dark, street lights lit46 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway294 (94%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded8 (2.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph260 (83%)
  • 40 mph11 (3.5%)
  • 60 mph40 (13%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds269 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (9.9%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other7 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant215 (51%)
  • Pedestrian135 (32%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (6.6%)
  • Cyclist25 (5.9%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Llangollen road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Llangollen, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Llangollen peaked at 14 in 1987; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202366
202211
202177
202033
201933
201844
201722
201646
201524
201445
201322
201256
201111
201059
200999
2008816
200766
20061113
200567
2004814
2003912
200268
2001911
20001022
199944
1998810
19971216
1996912
19951116
199457
1993812
19921117
19911321
199057
1989913
198844
19871417
19861011
198566
19841323
198379
1982810
19811012
198059
197979

Map of recent crashes in Llangollen

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Llangollen

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Llangollen

The 24 most recent collisions in Llangollen happened between 24 November 2018 and 18 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Llangollen

The A5 has the most collisions in Llangollen, 127 of 313 (41%), followed by the A539 (79).

Collisions in Llangollen on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5127200119
2ndA53979102115
3rdA542283511

Council area for Llangollen

Llangollen is in Denbighshire, where police recorded 15,315 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Llangollen accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode district for Llangollen

All 313 collisions in Llangollen were in the LL20 postcode district.