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Tywyn road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 142 road traffic collisions in Tywyn, Gwynedd, from 1979 to 2025, and 175 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 22 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 4 September 2023.

Collisions since 1979
142
2,351st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
175
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
2 people killed
Serious collisions
22
23 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
4 Sep 2023
Busiest year
1992
8 collisions

Road collision statistics for Tywyn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious2215%
  • Slight11984%

What the data shows

  • Tywyn had 13 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 59% fewer than the 32 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Tywyn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in Tywyn, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Tywyn.

Where Tywyn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,351st
Most casualties
2,458th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,653rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (15%)
  • Tuesday18 (13%)
  • Wednesday17 (12%)
  • Thursday19 (13%)
  • Friday18 (13%)
  • Saturday28 (20%)
  • Sunday20 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight118 (83%)
  • Dark, street lights lit21 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway125 (88%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph139 (98%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds112 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (3.5%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.1%)
  • Other2 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant76 (43%)
  • Pedestrian45 (26%)
  • Cyclist27 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist22 (13%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Tywyn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Tywyn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Tywyn peaked at 8 in 1992; 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
202313
202200
202111
202033
201946
201811
201722
201612
201556
201444
201322
201245
201156
201022
200911
200834
200733
200635
200533
200422
200344
200255
200134
2000713
199956
199855
199757
199634
199522
199445
199311
199288
199144
199044
198922
198845
198725
198634
198534
198466
198311
198222
198124
198046
197933

Map of recent crashes in Tywyn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Tywyn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Tywyn

The 24 most recent collisions in Tywyn happened between 11 February 2013 and 4 September 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Tywyn

Of the 142 collisions in Tywyn, 67 were on the A493.

Collisions in Tywyn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA493678817

Council area for Tywyn

Tywyn is in Gwynedd, where police recorded 16,819 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Tywyn accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Tywyn

All 142 collisions in Tywyn were in the LL36 postcode district.