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Shotton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 726 road traffic collisions in Shotton, Flintshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 878 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 93 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
726
931st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
878
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
93
98 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Shotton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.1%
  • Serious9313%
  • Slight62586%

What the data shows

  • Shotton had 49 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 116 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Shotton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 145 children under 16 were killed or injured in Shotton, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Shotton.

Where Shotton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
931st
Most casualties
946th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,188th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday101 (14%)
  • Tuesday106 (15%)
  • Wednesday97 (13%)
  • Thursday128 (18%)
  • Friday130 (18%)
  • Saturday100 (14%)
  • Sunday64 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight549 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit162 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway693 (95%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (1.5%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph13 (1.8%)
  • 30 mph704 (97%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph4 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds587 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds85 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other20 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant361 (41%)
  • Pedestrian229 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist156 (18%)
  • Cyclist103 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Shotton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Shotton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Shotton peaked at 31 in 1991; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202478
202378
202222
202179
202055
201966
201834
201766
201633
201556
20141618
20131113
20121013
20111214
20101014
20091115
20081822
20071318
20061011
20051112
20041517
20031421
20021214
20011520
20001621
19991313
19981620
19972531
19961724
19952226
19942429
19931821
19922838
19913135
19902532
19892426
19882730
19872227
19862934
19851921
19841619
19832026
19822225
19812428
19802937
19792733

Map of recent crashes in Shotton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Shotton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Shotton

The 24 most recent collisions in Shotton happened between 10 June 2021 and 27 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Shotton

The A548 has the most collisions in Shotton, 313 of 726 (43%), followed by the B5129 (137).

Collisions in Shotton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA548313381744
2ndB5129137169012
3rdA4943401

Council area for Shotton

Shotton is in Flintshire, where police recorded 22,687 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Shotton accounts for 3.2% of them.

Postcode district for Shotton

All 726 collisions in Shotton were in the CH5 postcode district.