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PA72 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 81 road traffic collisions in the PA72 postcode district, Argyll and Bute, from 1980 to 2025, and 133 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 23 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 25 January 2022.

Collisions since 1980
81
2,661st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
133
1.64 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
23
28 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
25 Jan 2022
Busiest year
1981
7 collisions

Road collision statistics for PA72

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal11.2%
  • Serious2328%
  • Slight5770%

What the data shows

  • PA72 had 8 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 14 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in PA72 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in PA72 are between 9am and noon, with 23% of collisions.
  • 6 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA72, 4.5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where PA72 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,661st
Most casualties
2,651st
Most fatal collisions
2,673rd
Most serious collisions
2,659th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday11 (14%)
  • Tuesday9 (11%)
  • Wednesday14 (17%)
  • Thursday9 (11%)
  • Friday17 (21%)
  • Saturday12 (15%)
  • Sunday9 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight59 (73%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway76 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (3.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph4 (4.9%)
  • 40 mph1 (1.2%)
  • 50 mph2 (2.5%)
  • 60 mph70 (86%)
  • 70 mph4 (4.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds38 (47%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (33%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (9.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (4.9%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (1.2%)
  • Other3 (3.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant91 (68%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist12 (9%)
  • Pedestrian5 (3.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (3%)
  • Van occupant3 (2.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA72 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA72, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in PA72 peaked at 7 in 1981; 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
202111
202011
201923
201811
2017220
201600
201500
201422
201311
201211
201123
201012
200944
200811
200711
200612
200545
200422
200346
200258
200122
200023
199935
199800
199722
199635
199511
199435
199324
199226
199111
199022
198911
198811
198723
198622
198511
198411
198323
198228
198179
198023

Map of recent crashes in PA72

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA72

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA72

The 24 most recent collisions in PA72 happened between 8 May 2005 and 25 January 2022.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA72

The A848 has the most collisions in PA72, 42 of 81 (52%), followed by the A849 (15).

Collisions in PA72 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8484266113
2ndA849153103
3rdB807381501

Council area for PA72

PA72 is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA72 accounts for 0.6% of them.