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LD1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,560 road traffic collisions in the LD1 postcode district, Powys, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,236 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 62 were fatal and 475 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 28 collisions, up 17% on 2024 (24).

Collisions since 1979
1,560
1,950th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,236
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
62
66 people killed
Serious collisions
475
615 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
28
Up 17% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
38
Up 41% on 2024

Road collision statistics for LD1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal624%
  • Serious47530%
  • Slight1,02366%

What the data shows

  • LD1 had 273 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 373 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 34% of collisions in LD1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 198 children under 16 were killed or injured in LD1, 8.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in LD1.

Where LD1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,950th
Most casualties
1,924th
Most fatal collisions
879th
Most serious collisions
1,563rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday195 (13%)
  • Tuesday198 (13%)
  • Wednesday192 (12%)
  • Thursday223 (14%)
  • Friday273 (18%)
  • Saturday253 (16%)
  • Sunday226 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,215 (78%)
  • Dark, no street lighting232 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit100 (6.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,498 (96%)
  • Roundabout25 (1.6%)
  • One way street or slip road24 (1.5%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph376 (24%)
  • 40 mph14 (0.9%)
  • 50 mph41 (2.6%)
  • 60 mph1,106 (71%)
  • 70 mph13 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,117 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds284 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds32 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds27 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.3%)
  • Other61 (3.9%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,486 (66%)
  • Motorcyclist339 (15%)
  • Pedestrian154 (6.9%)
  • Van occupant91 (4.1%)
  • Cyclist90 (4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)21 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant13 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant12 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Other4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

LD1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in LD1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in LD1 peaked at 51 in 2008; 2025 had 28.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252838
20242427
20232430
20223049
20213035
20201723
20193042
20182737
20172838
20163551
20154665
20143142
20132533
20122634
20113958
20104467
20093554
20085170
20073759
20063953
20054159
20043555
20033862
20024071
20014155
20003136
19993040
19983544
19972840
19963554
19952533
19942947
19933353
19924460
19913346
19904258
19894364
19883553
19873961
19862436
19851618
19844263
19833142
19823140
19813959
19802845
19792637

Map of recent crashes in LD1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in LD1

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in LD1

The 24 most recent collisions in LD1 happened between 10 April and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in LD1

The A483 has the most collisions in LD1, 641 of 1,560 (41%), followed by the A44 (223).

Collisions in LD1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA48364193730197
2ndA44223336867
3rdA4701532361251
4thA4081121162328
5thA48871103224
6thA4812940010
7thB4358263917
8thB43566910

Council area for LD1

LD1 is in Powys, where police recorded 20,843 collisions from 1979 to 2025. LD1 accounts for 7.5% of them.

Town in LD1

Of the 1,560 collisions in LD1, 274 (18%) were in Llandrindod Wells.