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Wrexham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,330 road traffic collisions in Wrexham from 1979 to 2025, and 6,824 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 25 were fatal and 630 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 23 collisions, down 18% on 2024 (28).

Collisions since 1979
5,330
200th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
6,824
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
25
25 people killed
Serious collisions
630
680 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
23
Down 18% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
29
Level with 2024

Road collision statistics for Wrexham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal250.5%
  • Serious63012%
  • Slight4,67588%

What the data shows

  • Wrexham had 481 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 1,099 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 12% of collisions in Wrexham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,096 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wrexham, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Wrexham.

Where Wrexham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
200th
Most casualties
199th
Most fatal collisions
403rd
Most serious collisions
281st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday838 (16%)
  • Tuesday790 (15%)
  • Wednesday727 (14%)
  • Thursday824 (15%)
  • Friday868 (16%)
  • Saturday774 (15%)
  • Sunday509 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,749 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,431 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown75 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit40 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting34 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,964 (74%)
  • Roundabout739 (14%)
  • One way street or slip road302 (5.7%)
  • Dual carriageway272 (5.1%)
  • Not recorded53 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph3 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph87 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph5,056 (95%)
  • 40 mph65 (1.2%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph85 (1.6%)
  • 70 mph28 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,059 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds820 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds61 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds57 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds23 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds9 (0.2%)
  • Other217 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded73 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,468 (51%)
  • Pedestrian1,530 (22%)
  • Cyclist693 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist658 (9.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant241 (3.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant99 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant51 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant31 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant23 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wrexham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wrexham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wrexham peaked at 168 in 1989; 2025 had 23.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 23
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252329
20242829
20233944
20225263
20215060
20205053
20194652
20186071
20176778
20166683
201592104
201498128
2013109139
2012113152
201199130
2010102139
2009106138
2008121149
2007116150
2006143196
2005104136
2004107129
2003135171
2002145182
2001151213
2000149206
1999138186
1998156224
1997150212
1996150194
1995145193
1994150231
1993134168
1992131170
1991163186
1990149194
1989168208
1988155192
1987130151
1986139168
1985114131
1984147191
1983113139
1982118151
1981101127
1980153188
1979155196

Map of recent crashes in Wrexham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wrexham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wrexham

The 24 most recent collisions in Wrexham happened between 30 December 2024 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wrexham

The A5152 has the most collisions in Wrexham, 1,225 of 5,330 (23%), followed by the A541 (460).

Collisions in Wrexham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA51521,2251,5973132
2ndA541460639149
3rdA525391510248
4thA534273370430
5thB5425264341439
6thB5100227302013
7thB5101165217017
8thA483336317
9thB5099141601
10thA515691114
11thB54337701
12thA51253300
13thA5433300

Council area for Wrexham

Wrexham is in Wrexham, where police recorded 17,267 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wrexham accounts for 31% of them.

Postcode districts in Wrexham

Collisions in Wrexham were recorded in 4 postcode districts, led by LL13 (2,880) and LL11 (1,711).