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KA16 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 290 road traffic collisions in the KA16 postcode district, East Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 354 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 74 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
290
2,518th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
354
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
74
83 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for KA16

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.1%
  • Serious7426%
  • Slight21072%

What the data shows

  • KA16 had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 38 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in KA16 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 72 children under 16 were killed or injured in KA16, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 44% of collisions in KA16.

Where KA16 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,518th
Most casualties
2,547th
Most fatal collisions
2,516th
Most serious collisions
2,521st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday41 (14%)
  • Tuesday32 (11%)
  • Wednesday39 (13%)
  • Thursday35 (12%)
  • Friday63 (22%)
  • Saturday40 (14%)
  • Sunday40 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight200 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit75 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (4.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway272 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (4.8%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph231 (80%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph56 (19%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds222 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (5.2%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant190 (54%)
  • Pedestrian100 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist24 (6.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (4.2%)
  • Cyclist13 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.6%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KA16 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KA16, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KA16 peaked at 17 in 1986; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202424
202311
202233
202122
202022
201923
201844
201722
201611
201533
201422
201333
201233
201123
2010811
200957
200822
200766
200644
200579
200466
200334
200269
2001811
2000710
19991214
199877
199779
19961113
19951420
199422
19931011
19921013
199179
19901316
19891113
19881010
19871223
19861719
19851314
19841014
198344
19821011
198167
198066
197922

Map of recent crashes in KA16

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KA16

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KA16

The 24 most recent collisions in KA16 happened between 12 January 2015 and 13 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in KA16

Of the 290 collisions in KA16, 237 were on the A71.

Collisions in KA16 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA71237297665

Council area for KA16

KA16 is in East Ayrshire, where police recorded 13,272 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KA16 accounts for 2.2% of them.

Town in KA16

Of the 290 collisions in KA16, 211 (73%) were in Newmilns.