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SY18 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 760 road traffic collisions in the SY18 postcode district, Powys, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,212 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 35 were fatal and 226 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, down from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
760
2,296th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,212
1.59 per collision
Fatal collisions
35
39 people killed
Serious collisions
226
323 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
18 in 2024

Road collision statistics for SY18

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal354.6%
  • Serious22630%
  • Slight49966%

What the data shows

  • SY18 had 143 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 182 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 34% of collisions in SY18 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 95 children under 16 were killed or injured in SY18, 7.8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 48% of collisions in SY18.

Where SY18 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,296th
Most casualties
2,250th
Most fatal collisions
1,679th
Most serious collisions
2,182nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday124 (16%)
  • Tuesday63 (8.3%)
  • Wednesday89 (12%)
  • Thursday96 (13%)
  • Friday140 (18%)
  • Saturday146 (19%)
  • Sunday102 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight578 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting153 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit22 (2.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway725 (95%)
  • Roundabout24 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph116 (15%)
  • 40 mph7 (0.9%)
  • 50 mph7 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph627 (83%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds527 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds138 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds25 (3.3%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (2.1%)
  • Fog or mist8 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other32 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant903 (75%)
  • Motorcyclist109 (9%)
  • Pedestrian49 (4%)
  • Minibus occupant33 (2.7%)
  • Cyclist32 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)32 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant27 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SY18 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SY18, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SY18 peaked at 27 in 2002; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025912
20241218
20232032
202289
20211620
20201322
20191519
20181926
20171318
20161826
20151218
20142034
20131318
20122026
20112233
20101521
20091926
20082657
20071834
20061731
20052035
20041829
20031420
20022740
20012138
20001221
19991429
19981012
19971629
19961421
1995810
19941734
19931322
19921017
19912032
19902432
19891529
19881840
19871324
19861129
19851824
198499
19831016
19822037
19811921
19802030
19792432

Map of recent crashes in SY18

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SY18

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SY18

The 24 most recent collisions in SY18 happened between 8 October 2023 and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SY18

The A470 has the most collisions in SY18, 367 of 760 (48%), followed by the A44 (153).

Collisions in SY18 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA47036761223103
2ndA44153254750
3rdB451888117227
4thB4569315909

Council area for SY18

SY18 is in Powys, where police recorded 20,843 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SY18 accounts for 3.6% of them.

Town in SY18

Of the 760 collisions in SY18, 112 (15%) were in Llanidloes.