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Pentre Maelor road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 285 road traffic collisions in Pentre Maelor, Wrexham, from 1979 to 2025, and 396 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 50 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
285
1,604th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
396
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
50
57 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Pentre Maelor

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.1%
  • Serious5018%
  • Slight22980%

What the data shows

  • Pentre Maelor had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 51 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Pentre Maelor were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 13 children under 16 were killed or injured in Pentre Maelor, 3.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 44% of collisions in Pentre Maelor.

Where Pentre Maelor ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,604th
Most casualties
1,538th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,728th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday38 (13%)
  • Tuesday61 (21%)
  • Wednesday49 (17%)
  • Thursday57 (20%)
  • Friday51 (18%)
  • Saturday20 (7%)
  • Sunday9 (3.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight213 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit44 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (5.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (3.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway261 (92%)
  • Roundabout18 (6.3%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph55 (19%)
  • 40 mph67 (24%)
  • 50 mph3 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph150 (53%)
  • 70 mph9 (3.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds205 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds58 (20%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other8 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant270 (68%)
  • Motorcyclist54 (14%)
  • Cyclist35 (8.8%)
  • Pedestrian13 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1%)
  • Van occupant4 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)3 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Pentre Maelor road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Pentre Maelor, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Pentre Maelor peaked at 15 in 1998; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202433
202322
202223
202135
202022
201923
201823
201745
201655
201546
201466
201333
201258
201169
201022
200944
200869
200744
20061115
200566
2004914
2003911
2002611
20011417
20001114
1999911
19981524
1997814
19961216
1995911
1994511
1993610
19921016
1991811
19901416
1989913
1988710
198768
198637
198559
198468
1983711
198223
198157
198033
197935

Map of recent crashes in Pentre Maelor

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Pentre Maelor

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Pentre Maelor

The 24 most recent collisions in Pentre Maelor happened between 24 June 2016 and 15 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Pentre Maelor

Of the 285 collisions in Pentre Maelor, 2 were on the B5130.

Collisions in Pentre Maelor on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB51302300

Council area for Pentre Maelor

Pentre Maelor is in Wrexham, where police recorded 17,267 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Pentre Maelor accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode district for Pentre Maelor

All 285 collisions in Pentre Maelor were in the LL13 postcode district.