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PA26 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 236 road traffic collisions in the PA26 postcode district, Argyll and Bute, from 1980 to 2025, and 418 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 82 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
236
2,548th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
418
1.77 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
20 people killed
Serious collisions
82
122 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PA26

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal177.2%
  • Serious8235%
  • Slight13758%

What the data shows

  • PA26 had 37 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 67 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 42% of collisions in PA26 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in PA26 are between noon and 3pm, with 24% of collisions.
  • 40 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA26, 9.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where PA26 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,548th
Most casualties
2,521st
Most fatal collisions
2,230th
Most serious collisions
2,504th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday32 (14%)
  • Tuesday39 (17%)
  • Wednesday31 (13%)
  • Thursday26 (11%)
  • Friday33 (14%)
  • Saturday36 (15%)
  • Sunday39 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight188 (80%)
  • Dark, no street lighting48 (20%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway227 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (3.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph5 (2.1%)
  • 40 mph3 (1.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph226 (96%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds146 (62%)
  • Raining, no high winds59 (25%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (6.8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Other3 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant306 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (9.8%)
  • Van occupant32 (7.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (2.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (2.4%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (1.2%)
  • Pedestrian4 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (1%)
  • Cyclist2 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA26 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA26, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in PA26 peaked at 13 in 1994; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202429
202311
202222
202122
202035
2019811
201834
201757
20161114
201555
20141011
20131014
201244
201157
2010710
200956
2008917
200759
2006715
200536
200455
2003813
2002713
200148
200035
1999311
19981120
1997611
199646
199538
19941336
199348
1992716
199139
199025
1989911
198834
198712
19861022
1985411
198469
198328
198235
198158
198035

Map of recent crashes in PA26

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA26

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA26

The 24 most recent collisions in PA26 happened between 17 August 2017 and 25 July 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA26

The A83 has the most collisions in PA26, 182 of 236 (77%), followed by the A815 (44).

Collisions in PA26 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA831823221463
2ndA8154469317

Council area for PA26

PA26 is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA26 accounts for 1.6% of them.