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Wem road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 340 road traffic collisions in Wem, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 418 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 76 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
340
1,448th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
418
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
76
88 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wem

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.9%
  • Serious7622%
  • Slight26177%

What the data shows

  • Wem had 30 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 63 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Wem were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 72 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wem, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Wem.

Where Wem ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,448th
Most casualties
1,488th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,352nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday47 (14%)
  • Tuesday45 (13%)
  • Wednesday49 (14%)
  • Thursday48 (14%)
  • Friday59 (17%)
  • Saturday65 (19%)
  • Sunday27 (7.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight254 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit71 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway332 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.8%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph322 (95%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph11 (3.2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds294 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (7.9%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant171 (41%)
  • Pedestrian88 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist72 (17%)
  • Cyclist62 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wem road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wem, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wem peaked at 17 in 1989; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202366
202222
202111
202022
201925
201844
201766
201644
201588
201446
201333
201277
20111011
201011
200977
2008811
20071010
200655
200578
20041516
20031112
20021021
2001810
200066
1999810
199844
1997914
1996711
1995910
19941013
199377
199277
199167
1990811
19891724
19881011
198769
19861115
19851216
1984916
19831417
19821112
1981911
1980911
197977

Map of recent crashes in Wem

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wem

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wem

The 24 most recent collisions in Wem happened between 4 May 2017 and 24 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wem

The B5476 has the most collisions in Wem, 96 of 340 (28%), followed by the B5063 (89).

Collisions in Wem on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB547696120022
2ndB506389108222
3rdB50655668114

Council area for Wem

Wem is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wem accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Wem

All 340 collisions in Wem were in the SY4 postcode district.