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PA20 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 518 road traffic collisions in the PA20 postcode district, Argyll and Bute, from 1979 to 2025, and 686 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 139 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
518
2,416th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
686
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Serious collisions
139
159 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PA20

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.4%
  • Serious13927%
  • Slight37272%

What the data shows

  • PA20 had 42 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 85 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in PA20 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 178 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA20, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in PA20.

Where PA20 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,416th
Most casualties
2,431st
Most fatal collisions
2,498th
Most serious collisions
2,375th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday77 (15%)
  • Tuesday63 (12%)
  • Wednesday67 (13%)
  • Thursday65 (13%)
  • Friday79 (15%)
  • Saturday87 (17%)
  • Sunday80 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight375 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit93 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting48 (9.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway480 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road29 (5.6%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph371 (72%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph139 (27%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds361 (70%)
  • Raining, no high winds96 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds32 (6.2%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (3.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant355 (52%)
  • Pedestrian175 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist57 (8.3%)
  • Cyclist55 (8%)
  • Van occupant18 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA20 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA20, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PA20 peaked at 23 in 1984; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202524
2024611
202359
202247
202168
202066
201944
201835
201744
201622
201566
201488
201388
2012617
201199
2010813
200978
20081415
20071216
200679
200579
20041015
20031320
20021417
20011828
20001517
19991427
19981919
19971418
199699
19951010
19941212
19931317
19921219
19911313
19901421
19892033
19881015
19872239
19861318
19852126
19842326
19832122
19821419
19811517
19801617
1979914

Map of recent crashes in PA20

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA20

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA20

The 24 most recent collisions in PA20 happened between 17 September 2020 and 7 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA20

The A844 has the most collisions in PA20, 235 of 518 (45%), followed by the A845 (44).

Collisions in PA20 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA844235333571
2ndA8454452011
3rdB881364818
4thB878273807
5thA886101200
6thA8413302

Council area for PA20

PA20 is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA20 accounts for 3.6% of them.

Town in PA20

Of the 518 collisions in PA20, 225 (43%) were in Rothesay.