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Dunoon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 533 road traffic collisions in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, from 1980 to 2025, and 691 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 172 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
533
1,114th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
691
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
172
194 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dunoon

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal10.2%
  • Serious17232%
  • Slight36068%

What the data shows

  • Dunoon had 37 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 84 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in Dunoon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 150 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dunoon, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 50% of collisions in Dunoon.

Where Dunoon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,114th
Most casualties
1,110th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
775th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday81 (15%)
  • Tuesday60 (11%)
  • Wednesday70 (13%)
  • Thursday94 (18%)
  • Friday105 (20%)
  • Saturday70 (13%)
  • Sunday53 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight397 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit131 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway481 (90%)
  • One way street or slip road43 (8.1%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.6%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph523 (98%)
  • 40 mph5 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph4 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds354 (66%)
  • Raining, no high winds132 (25%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (3.9%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other14 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant363 (53%)
  • Pedestrian195 (28%)
  • Cyclist49 (7.1%)
  • Motorcyclist47 (6.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant20 (2.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.2%)
  • Van occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dunoon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dunoon, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Dunoon peaked at 30 in 1985; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202434
202324
202211
202113
202011
201969
201878
201777
201622
20151215
201469
201367
201277
201189
2010611
2009912
20081112
2007916
20061015
20051013
20041012
20031624
20021316
20011014
20001420
19991318
19981217
1997710
19961114
19951112
1994915
19931316
19922125
19911414
19902025
19892131
19881619
19872228
19862429
19853033
19842025
19831516
19822537
19812437
19801112

Map of recent crashes in Dunoon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dunoon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dunoon

The 24 most recent collisions in Dunoon happened between 26 October 2018 and 29 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dunoon

The A885 has the most collisions in Dunoon, 141 of 533 (26%), followed by the A815 (102).

Collisions in Dunoon on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA885141188050
2ndA815102133038
3rdB8042344407

Council area for Dunoon

Dunoon is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dunoon accounts for 3.7% of them.

Postcode district for Dunoon

All 533 collisions in Dunoon were in the PA23 postcode district.