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Brecon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 478 road traffic collisions in Brecon, Powys, from 1979 to 2025, and 567 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 117 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
478
1,191st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
567
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
12 people killed
Serious collisions
117
123 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Brecon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal102.1%
  • Serious11724%
  • Slight35173%

What the data shows

  • Brecon had 60 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 78 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Brecon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 94 children under 16 were killed or injured in Brecon, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Brecon.

Where Brecon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,191st
Most casualties
1,236th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,028th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday82 (17%)
  • Tuesday64 (13%)
  • Wednesday58 (12%)
  • Thursday72 (15%)
  • Friday85 (18%)
  • Saturday72 (15%)
  • Sunday45 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight361 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit95 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway369 (77%)
  • One way street or slip road85 (18%)
  • Roundabout11 (2.3%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded11 (2.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph439 (92%)
  • 40 mph9 (1.9%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph20 (4.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds379 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds53 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other17 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded11 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant214 (38%)
  • Pedestrian204 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist68 (12%)
  • Cyclist58 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Brecon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Brecon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Brecon peaked at 26 in 1980; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
2024612
202368
202267
202111
202022
201988
201879
201799
20161111
201578
2014811
201366
20121013
201134
2010814
200956
2008911
20071315
2006911
200558
20041417
200368
200246
200146
20001111
19991111
19981113
1997811
19961317
19951417
19941415
19931112
19921112
19911414
19901010
19891824
19881315
19871818
19861115
198589
19841515
19831111
19822126
19812228
19802630
19791618

Map of recent crashes in Brecon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Brecon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Brecon

The 24 most recent collisions in Brecon happened between 6 November 2020 and 17 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Brecon

The B4601 has the most collisions in Brecon, 152 of 478 (32%), followed by the B4520 (47).

Collisions in Brecon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4601152187336
2ndB45204754011
3rdB4602263326
4thA40182014
5thA470182522
6thB4061151704

Council area for Brecon

Brecon is in Powys, where police recorded 20,843 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Brecon accounts for 2.3% of them.

Postcode district for Brecon

All 478 collisions in Brecon were in the LD3 postcode district.