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PA37 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 609 road traffic collisions in the PA37 postcode district, Argyll and Bute, from 1980 to 2025, and 929 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 28 were fatal and 202 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
609
2,361st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
929
1.53 per collision
Fatal collisions
28
34 people killed
Serious collisions
202
271 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PA37

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal284.6%
  • Serious20233%
  • Slight37962%

What the data shows

  • PA37 had 60 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 143 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 38% of collisions in PA37 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 65 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA37, 7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 57% of collisions in PA37.

Where PA37 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,361st
Most casualties
2,341st
Most fatal collisions
1,907th
Most serious collisions
2,231st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday82 (13%)
  • Tuesday75 (12%)
  • Wednesday80 (13%)
  • Thursday74 (12%)
  • Friday103 (17%)
  • Saturday93 (15%)
  • Sunday102 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight471 (77%)
  • Dark, no street lighting123 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit15 (2.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway581 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway26 (4.3%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph63 (10%)
  • 40 mph48 (7.9%)
  • 50 mph6 (1%)
  • 60 mph483 (79%)
  • 70 mph8 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds384 (63%)
  • Raining, no high winds169 (28%)
  • Raining with high winds25 (4.1%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other16 (2.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant681 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist96 (10%)
  • Pedestrian41 (4.4%)
  • Van occupant35 (3.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)30 (3.2%)
  • Cyclist21 (2.3%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA37 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA37, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in PA37 peaked at 27 in 1992; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202559
202455
202322
202258
202146
202025
201911
2018712
20171522
20161417
201589
20141927
2013817
2012912
20111317
20101519
20091620
20081526
20072030
20062026
20051830
20042236
20031018
20021115
20011723
20001825
19991523
19981220
19971521
19961421
19951526
19941830
19931931
19922732
19911831
19902234
19892241
19881216
1987813
19861625
19851528
19841113
19831014
19821316
19811318
19801539

Map of recent crashes in PA37

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA37

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA37

The 24 most recent collisions in PA37 happened between 23 May 2019 and 21 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA37

The A85 has the most collisions in PA37, 370 of 609 (61%), followed by the A828 (167).

Collisions in PA37 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8537058122120
2ndA828167250560
3rdB845121404

Council area for PA37

PA37 is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA37 accounts for 4.3% of them.