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KW17 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 251 road traffic collisions in the KW17 postcode district, Orkney Islands, from 1979 to 2025, and 360 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 54 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
251
2,544th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
360
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
18 people killed
Serious collisions
54
69 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for KW17

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal176.8%
  • Serious5422%
  • Slight18072%

What the data shows

  • KW17 had 45 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 85 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in KW17 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 31 children under 16 were killed or injured in KW17, 8.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in KW17.

Where KW17 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,544th
Most casualties
2,544th
Most fatal collisions
2,230th
Most serious collisions
2,571st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (12%)
  • Tuesday29 (12%)
  • Wednesday29 (12%)
  • Thursday27 (11%)
  • Friday38 (15%)
  • Saturday51 (20%)
  • Sunday46 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight150 (60%)
  • Dark, no street lighting79 (31%)
  • Dark, street lights lit15 (6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway240 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (2.4%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph34 (14%)
  • 40 mph9 (3.6%)
  • 50 mph3 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph202 (80%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds160 (64%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds17 (6.8%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (4.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (2.4%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.2%)
  • Other17 (6.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant275 (76%)
  • Pedestrian29 (8.1%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (7.2%)
  • Van occupant8 (2.2%)
  • Cyclist7 (1.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KW17 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KW17, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KW17 peaked at 19 in 1998; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
2024710
202357
202234
202169
202012
201977
201824
201757
201657
201534
20141014
201379
2012914
201148
20101218
200956
20081822
2007814
2006913
20051620
200444
200379
2002511
20011422
20001218
1999514
19981927
1997811
199644
199556
199411
199311
199211
199100
199033
198900
198835
198700
198611
198523
198400
198300
198234
198111
198047
197923

Map of recent crashes in KW17

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KW17

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KW17

The 24 most recent collisions in KW17 happened between 29 June 2021 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in KW17

The A961 has the most collisions in KW17, 73 of 251 (29%), followed by the A986 (23).

Collisions in KW17 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA96173104412
2ndA986233623
3rdA965182934
4thA966162112
5thA960142013
6thA964121905
7thA9676711

Council area for KW17

KW17 is in the Orkney Islands, where police recorded 1,401 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KW17 accounts for 18% of them.