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Duns road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 116 road traffic collisions in Duns, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 134 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 34 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 13 February 2023.

Collisions since 1979
116
2,628th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
134
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
34
34 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
13 Feb 2023
Busiest year
1998
8 collisions

Road collision statistics for Duns

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.6%
  • Serious3429%
  • Slight7968%

What the data shows

  • Duns had 6 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 74% fewer than the 23 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in Duns were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 39 children under 16 were killed or injured in Duns, 29% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Duns.

Where Duns ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,628th
Most casualties
2,783rd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday13 (11%)
  • Tuesday24 (21%)
  • Wednesday16 (14%)
  • Thursday16 (14%)
  • Friday21 (18%)
  • Saturday17 (15%)
  • Sunday9 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight96 (83%)
  • Dark, street lights lit13 (11%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (3.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway109 (94%)
  • Roundabout3 (2.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph103 (89%)
  • 60 mph10 (8.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds97 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds12 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other2 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian50 (37%)
  • Car occupant46 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist16 (12%)
  • Cyclist15 (11%)
  • Van occupant6 (4.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Duns road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Duns, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Duns peaked at 8 in 1998; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202311
202211
202111
202000
201900
201811
201711
201612
201544
201445
201300
201222
201123
201011
200911
200845
200722
200633
200522
200445
200333
200247
200100
200033
199911
199889
199711
199633
199511
199433
199333
1992810
199133
199044
198957
198822
198769
198644
198522
198422
198333
198255
198134
198023
197922

Map of recent crashes in Duns

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Duns

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Duns

The 24 most recent collisions in Duns happened between 21 March 2008 and 13 February 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Duns

The A6105 has the most collisions in Duns, 49 of 116 (42%), followed by the A6112 (19).

Collisions in Duns on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61054957116
2ndA6112192016

Council area for Duns

Duns is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Duns accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Duns

All 116 collisions in Duns were in the TD11 postcode district.