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Ayr road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,994 road traffic collisions in Ayr, South Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,932 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 53 were fatal and 930 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 28 collisions, up 27% on 2024 (22).

Collisions since 1979
3,994
258th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
4,932
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
53
53 people killed
Serious collisions
930
994 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
28
Up 27% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
34
Up 3% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Ayr

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal531.3%
  • Serious93023%
  • Slight3,01175%

What the data shows

  • Ayr had 301 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 636 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Ayr were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 864 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ayr, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Ayr.

Where Ayr ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
258th
Most casualties
269th
Most fatal collisions
209th
Most serious collisions
199th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday554 (14%)
  • Tuesday582 (15%)
  • Wednesday566 (14%)
  • Thursday610 (15%)
  • Friday698 (17%)
  • Saturday603 (15%)
  • Sunday381 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,952 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit992 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting23 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown14 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,702 (68%)
  • Dual carriageway727 (18%)
  • Roundabout324 (8.1%)
  • One way street or slip road227 (5.7%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph6 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph34 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph3,641 (91%)
  • 40 mph167 (4.2%)
  • 50 mph18 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph97 (2.4%)
  • 70 mph30 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,045 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds619 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds141 (3.5%)
  • Fine with high winds119 (3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Other35 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded21 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,316 (47%)
  • Pedestrian1,458 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist426 (8.6%)
  • Cyclist395 (8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant152 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant65 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant57 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant31 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)19 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ayr road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ayr, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ayr peaked at 173 in 1985; 2025 had 28.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 28
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252834
20242233
20231819
20221215
20211920
20202024
20193646
20184756
20173646
20166371
20155159
20146474
20136177
20125780
20116778
20105463
200983103
20085869
20077696
20066571
200587102
200490108
20037297
2002103126
200189111
200099134
199991108
199895118
199783110
199697125
199597113
199499118
19937689
1992121134
1991135172
1990136168
1989144175
1988136179
1987141174
1986156198
1985173224
1984167208
1983159197
1982146174
1981168220
198089108
197988

Map of recent crashes in Ayr

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ayr

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ayr

The 24 most recent collisions in Ayr happened between 12 March and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ayr

The A719 has the most collisions in Ayr, 814 of 3,994 (20%), followed by the A79 (581).

Collisions in Ayr on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7198141,04511198
2ndA7958172311130
3rdA713270340357
4thA70200242247
5thA7788137712
6thB74378100011
7thB747507319
8thB70244367118
9thA758151905
10thA7851202
11thA764611

Council area for Ayr

Ayr is in South Ayrshire, where police recorded 13,607 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ayr accounts for 29% of them.

Postcode districts in Ayr

Collisions in Ayr were recorded in 4 postcode districts, led by KA7 (1,980) and KA8 (1,942).