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Y Bala road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 124 road traffic collisions in Y Bala, Gwynedd, from 1979 to 2025, and 149 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 28 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
124
2,542nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
149
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
28
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Y Bala

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2823%
  • Slight9677%

What the data shows

  • Y Bala had 11 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 21 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Y Bala were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 29 children under 16 were killed or injured in Y Bala, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Y Bala.

Where Y Bala ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,542nd
Most casualties
2,672nd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (12%)
  • Tuesday14 (11%)
  • Wednesday13 (10%)
  • Thursday21 (17%)
  • Friday19 (15%)
  • Saturday20 (16%)
  • Sunday22 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight97 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (19%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway121 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (2.4%)
  • 30 mph117 (94%)
  • 60 mph3 (2.4%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds102 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (8.9%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (4%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other3 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian61 (41%)
  • Car occupant54 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (13%)
  • Cyclist11 (7.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Y Bala road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Y Bala, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Y Bala peaked at 7 in 1984; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202411
202322
202222
202112
202000
201900
201800
201711
201622
201523
201411
201311
201211
201111
201022
200934
200833
200745
200636
200522
200444
200311
200266
200122
200022
199933
199822
199737
199622
199522
199433
199311
199233
199145
199059
198968
198856
198744
198644
198544
1984710
198300
198233
198156
198045
197956

Map of recent crashes in Y Bala

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Y Bala

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Y Bala

The 24 most recent collisions in Y Bala happened between 20 October 2008 and 7 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Y Bala

The A494 has the most collisions in Y Bala, 66 of 124 (53%), followed by the A4212 (22).

Collisions in Y Bala on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4946679013
2ndA4212223203
3rdB439181002

Council area for Y Bala

Y Bala is in Gwynedd, where police recorded 16,819 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Y Bala accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Y Bala

All 124 collisions in Y Bala were in the LL23 postcode district.