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PA31 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 887 road traffic collisions in the PA31 postcode district, Argyll and Bute, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,342 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 258 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
887
2,249th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,342
1.51 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
22 people killed
Serious collisions
258
326 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PA31

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal202.3%
  • Serious25829%
  • Slight60969%

What the data shows

  • PA31 had 89 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 176 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in PA31 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 121 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA31, 9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 61% of collisions in PA31.

Where PA31 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,249th
Most casualties
2,214th
Most fatal collisions
2,159th
Most serious collisions
2,113th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday126 (14%)
  • Tuesday117 (13%)
  • Wednesday118 (13%)
  • Thursday103 (12%)
  • Friday135 (15%)
  • Saturday162 (18%)
  • Sunday126 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight689 (78%)
  • Dark, no street lighting171 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (2.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway857 (97%)
  • Roundabout13 (1.5%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (1.1%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph118 (13%)
  • 40 mph35 (3.9%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph724 (82%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds555 (63%)
  • Raining, no high winds234 (26%)
  • Raining with high winds32 (3.6%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds14 (1.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Other22 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,005 (75%)
  • Motorcyclist122 (9.1%)
  • Pedestrian58 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant52 (3.9%)
  • Minibus occupant33 (2.5%)
  • Cyclist30 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)29 (2.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA31 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA31, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PA31 peaked at 39 in 1985; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202537
2024911
2023610
202268
202178
202047
20191116
20181010
20171620
20161721
20152023
20141113
20131115
20121218
2011911
20102431
20092329
20081630
20072232
20062834
20052852
20041826
20032234
20021720
20011835
20001926
19992132
19981625
19971623
19962037
19952027
19941725
19932947
19922134
19912232
19903468
19893147
19882838
19872738
19863245
19853975
19842337
19832540
19822541
19812645
19802536
197933

Map of recent crashes in PA31

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA31

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA31

The 24 most recent collisions in PA31 happened between 5 March 2022 and 12 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA31

The A816 has the most collisions in PA31, 394 of 887 (44%), followed by the A83 (278).

Collisions in PA31 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8163946148133
2ndA832784281073
3rdB80253348012
4thB840243806
5thB8024223416

Council area for PA31

PA31 is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA31 accounts for 6.2% of them.