Skip to main content
CrashStats

Oswestry road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,451 road traffic collisions in Oswestry, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,731 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 313 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, down from 13 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,451
582nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,731
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
16 people killed
Serious collisions
313
337 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
13 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Oswestry

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal161.1%
  • Serious31322%
  • Slight1,12277%

What the data shows

  • Oswestry had 157 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 267 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Oswestry were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 293 children under 16 were killed or injured in Oswestry, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Oswestry.

Where Oswestry ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
582nd
Most casualties
603rd
Most fatal collisions
588th
Most serious collisions
490th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday197 (14%)
  • Tuesday202 (14%)
  • Wednesday231 (16%)
  • Thursday198 (14%)
  • Friday277 (19%)
  • Saturday194 (13%)
  • Sunday152 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,115 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit290 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,246 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road170 (12%)
  • Roundabout23 (1.6%)
  • Dual carriageway12 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph1,293 (89%)
  • 40 mph17 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph126 (8.7%)
  • 70 mph8 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,177 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds212 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other17 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant780 (45%)
  • Pedestrian480 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist207 (12%)
  • Cyclist196 (11%)
  • Van occupant36 (2.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Oswestry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Oswestry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Oswestry peaked at 55 in 1991; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202589
20241314
20231213
20221921
20211313
20201824
20191722
20181719
20172326
20161719
20151721
20141618
20132225
20122634
20112938
20102329
20093845
20083139
20073944
20062629
20052933
20043340
20033747
20022843
20014352
20003548
19993742
19984658
19974552
19964760
19953843
19945470
19934448
19924252
19915560
19904349
19894856
19883643
19873951
19862327
19854348
19843641
19832633
19822626
19812933
19802530
19794044

Map of recent crashes in Oswestry

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Oswestry

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Oswestry

The 24 most recent collisions in Oswestry happened between 30 October 2023 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Oswestry

The B5069 has the most collisions in Oswestry, 291 of 1,451 (20%), followed by the B4579 (148).

Collisions in Oswestry on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5069291359560
2ndB4579148182037
3rdA483128155242
4thB458089115215
5thA40835257013
6thA5445708
7thA495141715

Council area for Oswestry

Oswestry is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Oswestry accounts for 3.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Oswestry

Collisions in Oswestry were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by SY11 (1,366) and SY10 (85).