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TD5 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,256 road traffic collisions in the TD5 postcode district, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,763 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 38 were fatal and 339 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,256
2,091st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,763
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
38
41 people killed
Serious collisions
339
416 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TD5

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal383%
  • Serious33927%
  • Slight87970%

What the data shows

  • TD5 had 105 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 232 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in TD5 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 163 children under 16 were killed or injured in TD5, 9.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 52% of collisions in TD5.

Where TD5 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,091st
Most casualties
2,087th
Most fatal collisions
1,575th
Most serious collisions
1,909th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday178 (14%)
  • Tuesday173 (14%)
  • Wednesday151 (12%)
  • Thursday181 (14%)
  • Friday213 (17%)
  • Saturday181 (14%)
  • Sunday179 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight959 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting211 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit79 (6.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,217 (97%)
  • Roundabout17 (1.4%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (1.2%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph307 (24%)
  • 40 mph13 (1%)
  • 50 mph7 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph924 (74%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds899 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds245 (20%)
  • Snowing, no high winds27 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds25 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other33 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,280 (73%)
  • Pedestrian132 (7.5%)
  • Motorcyclist131 (7.4%)
  • Van occupant91 (5.2%)
  • Cyclist58 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant18 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TD5 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TD5, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TD5 peaked at 49 in 1989; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202469
202358
2022811
20211116
2020610
20191621
201858
20171829
20162542
20151317
20141622
20132122
20123040
20111821
20102124
20092633
20083446
20072227
20063140
20054161
20042939
20034156
20023340
20014157
20003349
19992342
19983448
19973154
19963239
19954048
19943648
19934369
19923966
19913959
19904157
19894978
19882737
19873555
19863049
19852636
19842737
19831926
19823443
19813439
19803444
19792836

Map of recent crashes in TD5

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TD5

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 TD5

The 24 most recent collisions in TD5 happened between 1 January 2022 and 20 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TD5

The A698 has the most collisions in TD5, 218 of 1,256 (17%), followed by the B6397 (105).

Collisions in TD5 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6982183171062
2ndB6397105162523
3rdB6461105138231
4thA6089101158527
5thB636481119014
6thA69979107127
7thB63527698024
8thB64015680213
9thB63505272610
10thB64044469114
11thA685500
12thB60895901

Council area for TD5

TD5 is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TD5 accounts for 7.6% of them.

Town in TD5

Of the 1,256 collisions in TD5, 244 (19%) were in Kelso.