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Welshpool road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 498 road traffic collisions in Welshpool, Powys, from 1979 to 2025, and 604 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 83 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
498
1,163rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
604
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
83
90 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Welshpool

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.4%
  • Serious8317%
  • Slight40882%

What the data shows

  • Welshpool had 75 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 99 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Welshpool were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 113 children under 16 were killed or injured in Welshpool, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Welshpool.

Where Welshpool ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,163rd
Most casualties
1,196th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,275th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday78 (16%)
  • Tuesday77 (15%)
  • Wednesday51 (10%)
  • Thursday67 (13%)
  • Friday95 (19%)
  • Saturday75 (15%)
  • Sunday55 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight398 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit84 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway431 (87%)
  • One way street or slip road33 (6.6%)
  • Roundabout23 (4.6%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (2%)
  • 30 mph424 (85%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph62 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds403 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds71 (14%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant266 (44%)
  • Pedestrian215 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist60 (9.9%)
  • Cyclist34 (5.6%)
  • Van occupant12 (2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Welshpool road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Welshpool, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Welshpool peaked at 21 in 1993; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025810
202456
20231316
2022612
202155
202022
20191012
20181112
20171114
201645
201589
2014910
20131115
201256
20111214
2010910
20091419
200834
20071115
20061724
20051114
200479
20031212
20021217
2001912
20001010
199988
19981824
19971518
19961216
199566
1994912
19932125
19921212
199189
19901717
19891621
19881415
19871821
1986911
19851212
1984911
1983912
19821722
19811821
19801011
197956

Map of recent crashes in Welshpool

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Welshpool

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Welshpool

The 24 most recent collisions in Welshpool happened between 25 May 2023 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Welshpool

The A458 has the most collisions in Welshpool, 155 of 498 (31%), followed by the A483 (132).

Collisions in Welshpool on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA458155190221
2ndA483132159420
3rdB43816481116
4thA490253706

Council area for Welshpool

Welshpool is in Powys, where police recorded 20,843 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Welshpool accounts for 2.4% of them.

Postcode district for Welshpool

All 498 collisions in Welshpool were in the SY21 postcode district.