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TD1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,444 road traffic collisions in the TD1 postcode district, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,292 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 69 were fatal and 615 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, down from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,444
1,545th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
3,292
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
69
79 people killed
Serious collisions
615
752 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
19 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TD1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal692.8%
  • Serious61525%
  • Slight1,76072%

What the data shows

  • TD1 had 159 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 69% fewer than the 518 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in TD1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 414 children under 16 were killed or injured in TD1, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 47% of collisions in TD1.

Where TD1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,545th
Most casualties
1,556th
Most fatal collisions
702nd
Most serious collisions
1,163rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday315 (13%)
  • Tuesday335 (14%)
  • Wednesday321 (13%)
  • Thursday376 (15%)
  • Friday471 (19%)
  • Saturday371 (15%)
  • Sunday255 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,764 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit348 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting305 (12%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit25 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,187 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road183 (7.5%)
  • Roundabout50 (2%)
  • Dual carriageway17 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph22 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph1,113 (46%)
  • 40 mph26 (1.1%)
  • 50 mph13 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph1,268 (52%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,801 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds400 (16%)
  • Snowing, no high winds53 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds41 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds33 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist15 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (0.3%)
  • Other73 (3%)
  • Not recorded20 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,123 (64%)
  • Pedestrian499 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist254 (7.7%)
  • Van occupant149 (4.5%)
  • Cyclist140 (4.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)49 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant39 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant23 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TD1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TD1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TD1 peaked at 87 in 1996; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025910
20241119
20231821
20221115
20211112
20201114
20191521
20182530
20172133
20162737
20155069
20143954
20134053
20124353
20115068
20105671
20096694
20086486
20075069
20066079
20056280
20046687
20036584
200274102
20015382
20005370
19994055
19986884
19975770
199687117
19956094
19946792
19935372
19925781
19916389
19907794
19898098
19887398
198780117
19866292
19856693
19846181
19835877
19827893
19817596
19805170
197981116

Map of recent crashes in TD1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TD1

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TD1

The 24 most recent collisions in TD1 happened between 24 September 2023 and 26 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TD1

The A7 has the most collisions in TD1, 955 of 2,444 (39%), followed by the A72 (217).

Collisions in TD1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA79551,40345270
2ndA72217294759
3rdB6374106136441
4thA707102140235
5thA609174106219
6thB63603954011
7thA687812
8thB64526901

Council area for TD1

TD1 is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TD1 accounts for 15% of them.

Town in TD1

Of the 2,444 collisions in TD1, 1,134 (46%) were in Galashiels.