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PA28 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 762 road traffic collisions in the PA28 postcode district, Argyll and Bute, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,040 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 246 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
762
2,294th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,040
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
246
309 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PA28

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.3%
  • Serious24632%
  • Slight50666%

What the data shows

  • PA28 had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 105 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 34% of collisions in PA28 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 176 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA28, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in PA28.

Where PA28 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,294th
Most casualties
2,305th
Most fatal collisions
2,425th
Most serious collisions
2,140th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday95 (12%)
  • Tuesday104 (14%)
  • Wednesday98 (13%)
  • Thursday97 (13%)
  • Friday142 (19%)
  • Saturday130 (17%)
  • Sunday96 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight487 (64%)
  • Dark, no street lighting168 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights lit104 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway721 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway27 (3.5%)
  • Roundabout7 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph343 (45%)
  • 40 mph6 (0.8%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph406 (53%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds510 (67%)
  • Raining, no high winds146 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds49 (6.4%)
  • Fine with high winds29 (3.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.4%)
  • Other12 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant630 (61%)
  • Pedestrian200 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist79 (7.6%)
  • Cyclist61 (5.9%)
  • Van occupant29 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)17 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA28 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA28, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PA28 peaked at 52 in 1981; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025710
202468
202347
202222
202111
202059
201944
201878
201767
20161014
20151216
201477
20131115
201269
20111012
20101115
20091216
20081519
200778
20061424
20051827
20041723
20032237
20021624
20011321
20001621
19991925
19981215
19972224
19961215
19951420
19941518
19932132
19922225
19912839
19902433
19893562
19882837
19873142
19862332
19852934
19842021
19833850
19823241
19815264
19802445
197922

Map of recent crashes in PA28

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA28

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA28

The 24 most recent collisions in PA28 happened between 6 February 2020 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA28

The A83 has the most collisions in PA28, 291 of 762 (38%), followed by the B842 (200).

Collisions in PA28 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA832914012113
2ndB842200300459
3rdB8434166210
4thA818101103

Council area for PA28

PA28 is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA28 accounts for 5.3% of them.

Town in PA28

Of the 762 collisions in PA28, 275 (36%) were in Campbeltown.