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Market Drayton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 730 road traffic collisions in Market Drayton, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 880 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 145 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
730
929th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
880
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
11 people killed
Serious collisions
145
159 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Market Drayton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.5%
  • Serious14520%
  • Slight57479%

What the data shows

  • Market Drayton had 66 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 111 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Market Drayton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 161 children under 16 were killed or injured in Market Drayton, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Market Drayton.

Where Market Drayton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
929th
Most casualties
945th
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
883rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday105 (14%)
  • Tuesday87 (12%)
  • Wednesday130 (18%)
  • Thursday103 (14%)
  • Friday120 (16%)
  • Saturday111 (15%)
  • Sunday74 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight530 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit174 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway666 (91%)
  • Roundabout37 (5.1%)
  • One way street or slip road21 (2.9%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph681 (93%)
  • 40 mph8 (1.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph37 (5.1%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds607 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds81 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Other9 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant326 (37%)
  • Pedestrian190 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist173 (20%)
  • Cyclist163 (19%)
  • Van occupant9 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Market Drayton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Market Drayton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Market Drayton peaked at 32 in 1993; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
20241010
202311
20221010
202144
202056
201989
201866
20171113
201668
20151317
201456
20131012
20121215
20111113
201089
200988
20081313
20072023
20061112
20051013
20041718
20032328
20021419
20011723
200099
19992023
19981823
19971924
19962730
19952531
19941721
19933236
19921926
19911518
19902530
19892934
19881618
19871921
19861925
19852323
19841724
19833041
19821822
19813040
19802130
19792430

Map of recent crashes in Market Drayton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Market Drayton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Market Drayton

The 24 most recent collisions in Market Drayton happened between 10 February 2022 and 11 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Market Drayton

The A529 has the most collisions in Market Drayton, 94 of 730 (13%), followed by the A53 (41).

Collisions in Market Drayton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA52994118022
2ndA53415307

Council area for Market Drayton

Market Drayton is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Market Drayton accounts for 1.8% of them.

Postcode district for Market Drayton

All 730 collisions in Market Drayton were in the TF9 postcode district.