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TD6 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,172 road traffic collisions in the TD6 postcode district, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,734 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 41 were fatal and 289 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,172
2,133rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,734
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
41
44 people killed
Serious collisions
289
384 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TD6

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal413.5%
  • Serious28925%
  • Slight84272%

What the data shows

  • TD6 had 109 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 59% fewer than the 264 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in TD6 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 138 children under 16 were killed or injured in TD6, 8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 50% of collisions in TD6.

Where TD6 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,133rd
Most casualties
2,095th
Most fatal collisions
1,464th
Most serious collisions
2,034th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday155 (13%)
  • Tuesday165 (14%)
  • Wednesday160 (14%)
  • Thursday170 (15%)
  • Friday191 (16%)
  • Saturday168 (14%)
  • Sunday163 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight887 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting200 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit76 (6.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,139 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway16 (1.4%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout7 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph184 (16%)
  • 40 mph25 (2.1%)
  • 50 mph11 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph946 (81%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds865 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds193 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds24 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds19 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist16 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (1.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.4%)
  • Other30 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,324 (76%)
  • Motorcyclist115 (6.6%)
  • Van occupant106 (6.1%)
  • Pedestrian83 (4.8%)
  • Cyclist52 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)19 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TD6 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TD6, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TD6 peaked at 44 in 2008; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025710
2024710
2023912
2022612
202157
202056
20191726
20181930
20171621
20161828
20152026
20142639
20132438
20122239
20112840
20102332
20092839
20084466
20072745
20062234
20052437
20043751
20032755
20023046
20013036
20003148
19991525
19983646
19973546
19963051
19953649
19942739
19933853
19923344
19913959
19903042
19894156
19882535
19871831
19862234
19852642
19841826
19833356
19823144
19813342
19802537
19792944

Map of recent crashes in TD6

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TD6

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 TD6

The 24 most recent collisions in TD6 happened between 26 October 2022 and 7 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TD6

The A68 has the most collisions in TD6, 369 of 1,172 (31%), followed by the A6091 (150).

Collisions in TD6 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA683695902290
2ndA6091150242440
3rdA699118174529
4thB6360103151124
5thB63596288117
6thB63745686112
7thB6404354518
8thB6356192305
9thB6400111301

Council area for TD6

TD6 is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TD6 accounts for 7.1% of them.