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LD5 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 189 road traffic collisions in the LD5 postcode district, Powys, from 1979 to 2025, and 290 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 70 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
189
2,577th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
290
1.53 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
70
100 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for LD5

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal84.2%
  • Serious7037%
  • Slight11159%

What the data shows

  • LD5 had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 41% of collisions in LD5 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in LD5, 9.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 48% of collisions in LD5.

Where LD5 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,577th
Most casualties
2,576th
Most fatal collisions
2,472nd
Most serious collisions
2,536th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (12%)
  • Tuesday12 (6.3%)
  • Wednesday24 (13%)
  • Thursday28 (15%)
  • Friday34 (18%)
  • Saturday34 (18%)
  • Sunday35 (19%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight142 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting36 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit10 (5.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway188 (99%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph24 (13%)
  • 40 mph9 (4.8%)
  • 60 mph155 (82%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds121 (64%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (24%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Other6 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant195 (67%)
  • Motorcyclist39 (13%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (5.2%)
  • Pedestrian15 (5.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (4.1%)
  • Van occupant8 (2.8%)
  • Cyclist3 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

LD5 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in LD5, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in LD5 peaked at 12 in 2001; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202558
202434
202311
202222
202111
202023
201946
201800
201746
201622
201544
2014410
201322
201256
201111
201069
200955
200834
200711
2006911
200533
20041016
20031115
200244
20011218
2000613
199955
199856
199744
199656
199556
1994810
199333
1992611
199125
199036
1989310
198811
1987511
198611
198538
198411
1983716
1982312
198112
198034
197957

Map of recent crashes in LD5

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in LD5

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in LD5

The 24 most recent collisions in LD5 happened between 25 July 2016 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in LD5

The A483 has the most collisions in LD5, 138 of 189 (73%), followed by the B4358 (10).

Collisions in LD5 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA483138217847
2ndB4358101304

Council area for LD5

LD5 is in Powys, where police recorded 20,843 collisions from 1979 to 2025. LD5 accounts for 0.9% of them.