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LD6 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 344 road traffic collisions in the LD6 postcode district, Powys, from 1979 to 2025, and 484 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 125 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
344
2,499th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
484
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
15 people killed
Serious collisions
125
156 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for LD6

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal123.5%
  • Serious12536%
  • Slight20760%

What the data shows

  • LD6 had 69 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 70 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 40% of collisions in LD6 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in LD6, 5.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 51% of collisions in LD6.

Where LD6 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,499th
Most casualties
2,498th
Most fatal collisions
2,369th
Most serious collisions
2,399th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday46 (13%)
  • Tuesday45 (13%)
  • Wednesday39 (11%)
  • Thursday38 (11%)
  • Friday56 (16%)
  • Saturday61 (18%)
  • Sunday59 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight236 (69%)
  • Dark, no street lighting82 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights lit22 (6.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway341 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph78 (23%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph253 (74%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds219 (64%)
  • Raining, no high winds68 (20%)
  • Fog or mist9 (2.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other18 (5.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant313 (65%)
  • Motorcyclist69 (14%)
  • Pedestrian45 (9.3%)
  • Van occupant19 (3.9%)
  • Cyclist16 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (2.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

LD6 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in LD6, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in LD6 peaked at 13 in 1981; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202547
2024810
202357
202279
20211010
202033
201956
2018913
2017913
2016916
201567
201456
201369
201245
20111115
201099
200989
200869
200777
2006812
200589
2004811
20031012
200288
2001813
200058
199957
199855
1997511
199648
199558
199422
199367
1992511
19911015
19901013
198936
198879
19871116
1986811
198579
19841015
198377
19821118
19811324
19801323
19791116

Map of recent crashes in LD6

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in LD6

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in LD6

The 24 most recent collisions in LD6 happened between 13 January 2022 and 24 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in LD6

The A470 has the most collisions in LD6, 125 of 344 (36%), followed by the B4518 (76).

Collisions in LD6 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA470125187542
2ndB451876108233
3rdA447190221

Council area for LD6

LD6 is in Powys, where police recorded 20,843 collisions from 1979 to 2025. LD6 accounts for 1.6% of them.