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Machynlleth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 161 road traffic collisions in Machynlleth, Powys, from 1979 to 2025, and 186 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 42 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
161
2,181st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
186
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
42
46 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Machynlleth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious4226%
  • Slight11974%

What the data shows

  • Machynlleth had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 29 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Machynlleth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 36 children under 16 were killed or injured in Machynlleth, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Machynlleth.

Where Machynlleth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,181st
Most casualties
2,363rd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
1,923rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23 (14%)
  • Tuesday22 (14%)
  • Wednesday27 (17%)
  • Thursday22 (14%)
  • Friday21 (13%)
  • Saturday33 (20%)
  • Sunday13 (8.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight133 (83%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (16%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway150 (93%)
  • Roundabout4 (2.5%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (3.1%)
  • 30 mph148 (92%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph6 (3.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds121 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (3.1%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other8 (5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian68 (37%)
  • Car occupant63 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (15%)
  • Cyclist24 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Machynlleth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Machynlleth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Machynlleth peaked at 11 in 1982; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202444
202322
202200
202111
202045
201934
201833
201744
201611
201555
201411
201311
201245
201167
201012
200945
200811
200734
200635
200522
200445
2003611
200233
200122
200033
199922
199834
199746
199622
199534
199455
199344
199222
199155
199022
198933
198855
198722
198633
198533
1984910
198345
19821114
198177
198033
197989

Map of recent crashes in Machynlleth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Machynlleth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Machynlleth

The 24 most recent collisions in Machynlleth happened between 30 August 2015 and 8 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Machynlleth

The A487 has the most collisions in Machynlleth, 81 of 161 (50%), followed by the A489 (57).

Collisions in Machynlleth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4878192018
2ndA4895766018

Council area for Machynlleth

Machynlleth is in Powys, where police recorded 20,843 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Machynlleth accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Machynlleth

All 161 collisions in Machynlleth were in the SY20 postcode district.