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SY17 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 786 road traffic collisions in the SY17 postcode district, Powys, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,326 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 29 were fatal and 228 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, down from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
786
2,285th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,326
1.69 per collision
Fatal collisions
29
30 people killed
Serious collisions
228
334 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
Down 20% on 2024

Road collision statistics for SY17

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal293.7%
  • Serious22829%
  • Slight52967%

What the data shows

  • SY17 had 128 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 171 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in SY17 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 135 children under 16 were killed or injured in SY17, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 50% of collisions in SY17.

Where SY17 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,285th
Most casualties
2,219th
Most fatal collisions
1,875th
Most serious collisions
2,178th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday102 (13%)
  • Tuesday94 (12%)
  • Wednesday82 (10%)
  • Thursday106 (13%)
  • Friday163 (21%)
  • Saturday124 (16%)
  • Sunday115 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight563 (72%)
  • Dark, no street lighting194 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights lit22 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway776 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.4%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph45 (5.7%)
  • 40 mph70 (8.9%)
  • 50 mph28 (3.6%)
  • 60 mph640 (81%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds541 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds160 (20%)
  • Raining with high winds25 (3.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (1.3%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other22 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded12 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,015 (77%)
  • Motorcyclist88 (6.6%)
  • Van occupant59 (4.4%)
  • Pedestrian38 (2.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant36 (2.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)33 (2.5%)
  • Minibus occupant25 (1.9%)
  • Cyclist19 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SY17 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SY17, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SY17 peaked at 29 in 2003; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251016
20241520
20231419
20221115
202199
20201015
20191625
20181014
20171523
20161823
20151216
20142141
20131116
20121529
20111430
20102133
20091829
20081316
20072846
20061837
20051936
20042138
20032947
20022335
20011829
20002057
19991825
19981117
19972433
19961833
19952236
19942342
19931828
19921829
19911122
19901420
1989819
19881122
19871723
19861120
19851032
19842039
19831933
19821930
19812133
19802136
19792340

Map of recent crashes in SY17

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SY17

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SY17

The 24 most recent collisions in SY17 happened between 5 February 2024 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SY17

The A470 has the most collisions in SY17, 456 of 786 (58%), followed by the A489 (189).

Collisions in SY17 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA47045678715140
2ndA489189334750
3rdB45695775314
4thB451891423
5thB456891102

Council area for SY17

SY17 is in Powys, where police recorded 20,843 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SY17 accounts for 3.8% of them.