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Newtown (Powys) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 918 road traffic collisions in Newtown, Powys, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,117 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 164 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
918
802nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,117
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Serious collisions
164
177 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newtown

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal121.3%
  • Serious16418%
  • Slight74281%

What the data shows

  • Newtown had 106 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 193 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Newtown were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 172 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newtown, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Newtown.

Where Newtown ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
802nd
Most casualties
828th
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
808th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday130 (14%)
  • Tuesday154 (17%)
  • Wednesday129 (14%)
  • Thursday138 (15%)
  • Friday166 (18%)
  • Saturday113 (12%)
  • Sunday88 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight691 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit181 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown14 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway833 (91%)
  • One way street or slip road45 (4.9%)
  • Roundabout15 (1.6%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded15 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph25 (2.7%)
  • 30 mph675 (74%)
  • 40 mph176 (19%)
  • 60 mph42 (4.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds673 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds144 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds25 (2.7%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other38 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded14 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant524 (47%)
  • Pedestrian266 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist147 (13%)
  • Cyclist112 (10%)
  • Van occupant22 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newtown road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newtown, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newtown peaked at 31 in 1991; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025911
202477
20231113
20221316
20211215
202089
20191114
20181011
20171313
20161216
20151720
20141923
20132126
20122024
20112029
20101920
20091417
20082229
20072227
20061922
20051418
20042631
20032023
20022227
20012530
20002329
19991721
19982429
19973033
19961214
19951317
19942328
19932022
19922025
19913133
19902225
19891619
19882130
19872935
19862635
19852627
19842732
19833034
19822733
19812844
19802531
19792230

Map of recent crashes in Newtown

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newtown

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newtown

The 24 most recent collisions in Newtown happened between 14 April 2023 and 17 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newtown

The A483 has the most collisions in Newtown, 226 of 918 (25%), followed by the A489 (212).

Collisions in Newtown on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA483226289242
2ndA489212267637
3rdB4568129156217

Council area for Newtown

Newtown is in Powys, where police recorded 20,843 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newtown accounts for 4.4% of them.

Postcode district for Newtown

All 918 collisions in Newtown were in the SY16 postcode district.