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Dalbeattie road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 160 road traffic collisions in Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, from 1979 to 2025, and 183 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 46 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
160
2,190th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
183
1.14 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
46
49 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dalbeattie

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.9%
  • Serious4629%
  • Slight11169%

What the data shows

  • Dalbeattie had 8 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 70% fewer than the 27 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in Dalbeattie were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 46 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dalbeattie, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Dalbeattie.

Where Dalbeattie ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,190th
Most casualties
2,395th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,829th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday16 (10%)
  • Tuesday18 (11%)
  • Wednesday26 (16%)
  • Thursday20 (13%)
  • Friday36 (23%)
  • Saturday27 (17%)
  • Sunday17 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight118 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway151 (94%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (3.1%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (2.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph152 (95%)
  • 60 mph8 (5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds134 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (8.1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (3.8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian61 (33%)
  • Car occupant55 (30%)
  • Cyclist34 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist23 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2.7%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dalbeattie road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dalbeattie, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dalbeattie peaked at 10 in 1979; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202322
202222
202100
202011
201911
201800
201711
201600
201555
201411
201322
201222
201122
201000
200922
200822
200767
200655
200511
200422
200322
200277
200144
200056
199911
199867
199711
199688
199559
199433
199344
199278
199133
199033
198967
198855
1987914
198656
198533
198422
198345
198278
198179
198057
19791012

Map of recent crashes in Dalbeattie

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dalbeattie

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dalbeattie

The 24 most recent collisions in Dalbeattie happened between 14 June 2008 and 16 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dalbeattie

The A711 has the most collisions in Dalbeattie, 41 of 160 (26%), followed by the B793 (12).

Collisions in Dalbeattie on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7114152013
2ndB793121404
3rdA7108813
4thB7946801

Council area for Dalbeattie

Dalbeattie is in Dumfries and Galloway, where police recorded 19,421 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dalbeattie accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Dalbeattie

All 160 collisions in Dalbeattie were in the DG5 postcode district.