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Galashiels road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,134 road traffic collisions in Galashiels, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,319 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 254 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,134
690th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,319
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
19 people killed
Serious collisions
254
267 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Galashiels

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal171.5%
  • Serious25422%
  • Slight86376%

What the data shows

  • Galashiels had 57 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 75% fewer than the 225 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Galashiels were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 273 children under 16 were killed or injured in Galashiels, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Galashiels.

Where Galashiels ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
690th
Most casualties
722nd
Most fatal collisions
560th
Most serious collisions
577th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday135 (12%)
  • Tuesday154 (14%)
  • Wednesday140 (12%)
  • Thursday178 (16%)
  • Friday232 (20%)
  • Saturday174 (15%)
  • Sunday121 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight789 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit308 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit21 (1.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway907 (80%)
  • One way street or slip road178 (16%)
  • Roundabout32 (2.8%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph19 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph1,020 (90%)
  • 40 mph15 (1.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph77 (6.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds862 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds168 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds22 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds17 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Other35 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded11 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant572 (43%)
  • Pedestrian466 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist110 (8.3%)
  • Cyclist99 (7.5%)
  • Van occupant23 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant22 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Galashiels road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Galashiels, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Galashiels peaked at 44 in 1982; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
2024611
202367
202233
202133
202056
201944
201899
201778
20161113
20151723
20142128
20132228
20121922
20111824
20102629
20092933
20082832
20072224
20062326
20052527
20043136
20032938
20022939
20012124
20003134
19993345
19982425
19973436
19964043
19952630
19943639
19932227
19922432
19912830
19904144
19893942
19883438
19873441
19862223
19853035
19843442
19833234
19824449
19814143
19802531
19794356

Map of recent crashes in Galashiels

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Galashiels

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Galashiels

The 24 most recent collisions in Galashiels happened between 5 October 2020 and 26 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Galashiels

The A7 has the most collisions in Galashiels, 262 of 1,134 (23%), followed by the B6374 (84).

Collisions in Galashiels on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7262303663
2ndB637484103336
3rdA726372421
4thA6091223217
5thB64526901
6thB63604401

Council area for Galashiels

Galashiels is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Galashiels accounts for 6.8% of them.

Postcode district for Galashiels

All 1,134 collisions in Galashiels were in the TD1 postcode district.