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DG6 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 427 road traffic collisions in the DG6 postcode district, Dumfries and Galloway, from 1979 to 2025, and 560 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 18 were fatal and 112 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
427
2,456th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
560
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
18
23 people killed
Serious collisions
112
129 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for DG6

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal184.2%
  • Serious11226%
  • Slight29770%

What the data shows

  • DG6 had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 79 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in DG6 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 52 children under 16 were killed or injured in DG6, 9.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in DG6.

Where DG6 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,456th
Most casualties
2,471st
Most fatal collisions
2,215th
Most serious collisions
2,431st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday67 (16%)
  • Tuesday69 (16%)
  • Wednesday52 (12%)
  • Thursday76 (18%)
  • Friday65 (15%)
  • Saturday55 (13%)
  • Sunday43 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight302 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting85 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (8.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway421 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.7%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph136 (32%)
  • 40 mph10 (2.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph276 (65%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds346 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (9.1%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Other7 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant334 (60%)
  • Pedestrian66 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist55 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist48 (8.6%)
  • Van occupant22 (3.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)17 (3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (1.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

DG6 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in DG6, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in DG6 peaked at 17 in 1987; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025913
202488
202333
202255
202111
202022
201945
20181012
201757
201657
201567
201468
2013710
2012710
201158
20101420
2009910
2008811
20071119
200666
20051214
20041014
20031012
2002711
20011115
20001019
1999911
1998713
19971117
1996913
199568
1994610
199377
199277
1991912
19901516
19891213
1988710
19871722
19861718
19851216
19841517
19831516
19821520
19811418
19801217
19791422

Map of recent crashes in DG6

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in DG6

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in DG6

The 24 most recent collisions in DG6 happened between 27 June 2022 and 7 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in DG6

The A711 has the most collisions in DG6, 146 of 427 (34%), followed by the A75 (70).

Collisions in DG6 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA711146183336
2ndA7570118918
3rdA755404809
4thB7273752110
5thA76271110

Council area for DG6

DG6 is in Dumfries and Galloway, where police recorded 19,421 collisions from 1979 to 2025. DG6 accounts for 2.2% of them.

Town in DG6

Of the 427 collisions in DG6, 126 (30%) were in Kirkcudbright.