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Cumnock road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 492 road traffic collisions in Cumnock, East Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 584 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 150 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
492
1,169th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
584
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
150
160 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cumnock

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.2%
  • Serious15030%
  • Slight33668%

What the data shows

  • Cumnock had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 64 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in Cumnock were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 200 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cumnock, 34% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Cumnock.

Where Cumnock ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,169th
Most casualties
1,218th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
861st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday68 (14%)
  • Tuesday59 (12%)
  • Wednesday56 (11%)
  • Thursday84 (17%)
  • Friday89 (18%)
  • Saturday77 (16%)
  • Sunday59 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight347 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit133 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway436 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road38 (7.7%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (2%)
  • Roundabout6 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph452 (92%)
  • 40 mph10 (2%)
  • 60 mph21 (4.3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds351 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds86 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds20 (4.1%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (1.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian239 (41%)
  • Car occupant221 (38%)
  • Cyclist50 (8.6%)
  • Motorcyclist38 (6.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cumnock road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cumnock, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cumnock peaked at 27 in 1987; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202367
202255
202111
202023
201922
2018810
201700
201611
2015810
201466
201356
201267
201168
201068
200988
200855
200778
200677
2005810
2004910
20031116
20021416
20011011
20001010
19991112
19981416
19971012
19961721
19951519
19941519
19931218
19921212
19911315
19902431
19891520
19881112
19872733
19861212
19852728
19841719
19832432
19822330
19811818
19801925
197933

Map of recent crashes in Cumnock

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cumnock

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cumnock

The 24 most recent collisions in Cumnock happened between 18 April 2018 and 11 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cumnock

The A70 has the most collisions in Cumnock, 113 of 492 (23%), followed by the A76 (104).

Collisions in Cumnock on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA70113144133
2ndA76104127238
3rdB70836888018
4thB70464402

Council area for Cumnock

Cumnock is in East Ayrshire, where police recorded 13,272 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cumnock accounts for 3.7% of them.

Postcode district for Cumnock

All 492 collisions in Cumnock were in the KA18 postcode district.