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PA42 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 88 road traffic collisions in the PA42 postcode district, Argyll and Bute, from 1980 to 2025, and 130 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 31 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 28 November 2022.

Collisions since 1980
88
2,653rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
130
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
31
33 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
28 Nov 2022
Busiest year
2003
6 collisions

Road collision statistics for PA42

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal33.4%
  • Serious3135%
  • Slight5461%

What the data shows

  • PA42 had 7 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 59% fewer than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 39% of collisions in PA42 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 20 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA42, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 56% of collisions in PA42.

Where PA42 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,653rd
Most casualties
2,653rd
Most fatal collisions
2,601st
Most serious collisions
2,636th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday7 (8%)
  • Tuesday12 (14%)
  • Wednesday8 (9.1%)
  • Thursday12 (14%)
  • Friday16 (18%)
  • Saturday18 (20%)
  • Sunday15 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight54 (61%)
  • Dark, no street lighting24 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights lit10 (11%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway84 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (4.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph17 (19%)
  • 40 mph1 (1.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph69 (78%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds51 (58%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (8%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (6.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (2.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (2.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (1.1%)
  • Other4 (4.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant85 (65%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (7.7%)
  • Pedestrian10 (7.7%)
  • Motorcyclist9 (6.9%)
  • Cyclist6 (4.6%)
  • Van occupant5 (3.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (3.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA42 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA42, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in PA42 peaked at 6 in 2003; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202300
202211
202112
202011
201925
201800
201711
201611
201522
201435
201333
201245
201100
201011
200925
200800
200711
200611
200514
200433
200367
200211
200100
200000
199945
199800
199735
199624
199522
1994615
199300
199244
1991511
199022
198900
198822
198758
198666
198512
198411
198323
198222
198146
198023

Map of recent crashes in PA42

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA42

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA42

The 24 most recent collisions in PA42 happened between 6 June 2006 and 28 November 2022.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA42

Of the 88 collisions in PA42, 66 were on the A846.

Collisions in PA42 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8466698121

Council area for PA42

PA42 is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA42 accounts for 0.6% of them.