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Annan road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 477 road traffic collisions in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, from 1979 to 2025, and 538 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 108 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
477
1,193rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
538
1.13 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
108
118 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Annan

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.8%
  • Serious10823%
  • Slight36577%

What the data shows

  • Annan had 41 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 59% fewer than the 99 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Annan were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 148 children under 16 were killed or injured in Annan, 28% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Annan.

Where Annan ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,193rd
Most casualties
1,271st
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,095th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday56 (12%)
  • Tuesday66 (14%)
  • Wednesday75 (16%)
  • Thursday78 (16%)
  • Friday68 (14%)
  • Saturday80 (17%)
  • Sunday54 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight365 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit101 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway450 (94%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (2.5%)
  • Roundabout10 (2.1%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph454 (95%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph12 (2.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds399 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds52 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian194 (36%)
  • Car occupant167 (31%)
  • Cyclist93 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist71 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Annan road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Annan, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Annan peaked at 23 in 1982; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202400
202344
202244
202122
202045
201933
201833
2017710
2016911
201599
20141315
20131012
201289
20111214
20101213
2009710
200856
20071319
20061012
20051418
20041415
20031822
20021213
200167
200044
19991011
1998910
199755
19961111
19951213
199479
199377
19921112
1991912
19901414
19891922
19881414
19871414
19861920
19851314
19841515
198389
19822329
19812021
19801617
19791314

Map of recent crashes in Annan

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Annan

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Annan

The 24 most recent collisions in Annan happened between 21 February 2018 and 28 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Annan

The B721 has the most collisions in Annan, 107 of 477 (22%), followed by the A75 (76).

Collisions in Annan on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB721107121024
2ndA757682319
3rdB722283606
4thB635781012

Council area for Annan

Annan is in Dumfries and Galloway, where police recorded 19,421 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Annan accounts for 2.5% of them.

Postcode district for Annan

All 477 collisions in Annan were in the DG12 postcode district.