Road crashes in Powys

10,349 recorded collisions since 2000.

Powys has recorded 10,349 road collisions since 2000, 334 of them fatal and 2,571 causing serious injury. That makes it the 131st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 28% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 32.3 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 28% since 2000, from 455 to 329 in 2024. The A483 is the most affected road locally, with 1,528 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.