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Welshpool Castle, Powys, SY21 7BS area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
192
4,433rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
253
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the SY21 7BS hotspot

30 of the 192 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal21%
  • Serious2815%
  • Slight16284%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
30
Slightly injured
221
All casualties
253

Accidents by year at the SY21 7BS hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 17 in 2006, against an average of 7.7 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SY21 7BS hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202456
2023912
202248
202155
202022
201968
20181112
201778
201645
2015810
2014911
20131014
201246
2011811
2010910
20091216
200835
20071012
20061723
2005811
2004710
200388
20021217
2001916

Map of crashes at the SY21 7BS hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SY21 7BS.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Welshpool Castle, Powys, SY21 7BS area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the SY21 7BS hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Welshpool Castle
Council area
Powys
Nearest postcode to the centre
SY21 7BS
Postcode district
SY21
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.66113, -3.14112
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
13 October 2025
Rank by collisions
4,433rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SY21 7BS hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A458, with 87 of 192, followed by the A483 with 43.

Collisions at the SY21 7BS hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA45887117012
2ndA483436126
3rdB4381223102
4thA4907802
5thA4852200
6thB43871100

Towns near the SY21 7BS hotspot

175 of the 192 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Welshpool.

Accident hotspots near SY21 7BS

1 other hotspot lies within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Trelystan and Trewern, Powys, SY21 8SZ area, 4.5 km away, with 75 collisions.

All 192 crashes at the SY21 7BS hotspot

Newest first, from 14 January 2001 to 13 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year