A study has revealed that Britain’s most dangerous roads are in Powys with neighbouring Ceredigion and Monmouthshire also both featuring in the top ten of accident blackspots.

The research by price comparison site Forbes Advisor compared the total number of road casualties in each local authority in Britain in 2021 with each area’s population to reveal the rate of deaths or serious injuries per 100,000 people.

The results show Powys as having the most dangerous roads in Britain, with 101 deaths or serious injuries per 100,000 people in 2021.

The second most dangerous roads in Britain are also in Wales. Last year, 69 people were killed or seriously injured on roads in Ceredigion, which when compared with the population translates to the second highest rate in the study.

Wales features for a third time in the top five for the number of people killed or seriously injured: Monmouthshire recorded 78 serious injuries or fatalities roads in 2021.

In contrast, Bath and North-East Somerset has the safest roads in mainland Britain, after 18 people out of a population of 196,357 were killed or seriously injured in 2021.

Wales makes a notable appearance in the list again, but this time it’s for a positive reason. The country’s second-largest city, Swansea, has one of the lowest rates of serious traffic accidents, with 15 people per 100,000 involved in them last year.

A Forbes Advisor spokesperson commented on the findings: “The two local authorities that reported the highest proportion of deaths or serious injuries last year are both located in Wales.

“The relatively high number of people seriously injured or killed in traffic accidents in Wales could be down to the higher percentage of rural roads in the country, which typically see more casualties than roads in urban areas.

“However, all parts of the country feature in our ‘Worst 10’ tables, so it’s important that drivers take the utmost care when behind the wheel.”

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