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Rossett road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 135 road traffic collisions in Rossett, Wrexham, from 1979 to 2025, and 181 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 29 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 10 February 2022.

Collisions since 1979
135
2,418th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
181
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
29
33 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
10 Feb 2022
Busiest year
1986
10 collisions

Road collision statistics for Rossett

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.2%
  • Serious2921%
  • Slight10376%

What the data shows

  • Rossett had 8 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 12 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Rossett were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rossett, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in Rossett.

Where Rossett ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,418th
Most casualties
2,409th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,370th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday12 (8.9%)
  • Tuesday23 (17%)
  • Wednesday21 (16%)
  • Thursday21 (16%)
  • Friday22 (16%)
  • Saturday18 (13%)
  • Sunday18 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight100 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit32 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway134 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (2.2%)
  • 30 mph126 (93%)
  • 60 mph6 (4.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds103 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other8 (5.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant100 (55%)
  • Pedestrian23 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (11%)
  • Cyclist18 (9.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (6.6%)
  • Van occupant6 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rossett road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rossett, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Rossett peaked at 10 in 1986; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202300
202211
202111
202011
201911
201812
201711
201623
201544
201411
201300
201223
201111
201000
200900
200811
200711
200623
200512
200433
2003716
200245
200124
200011
199967
199822
199725
199633
199523
199422
199334
199224
199111
199044
198934
1988816
198755
19861010
19851012
198422
198368
198268
198145
198079
1979912

Map of recent crashes in Rossett

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rossett

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rossett

The 24 most recent collisions in Rossett happened between 27 June 2004 and 10 February 2022.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rossett

The A483 has the most collisions in Rossett, 56 of 135 (41%), followed by the B5445 (44).

Collisions in Rossett on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4835673212
2ndB54454457110
3rdB5102192904

Council area for Rossett

Rossett is in Wrexham, where police recorded 17,267 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rossett accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Rossett

All 135 collisions in Rossett were in the LL12 postcode district.