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Hawick road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 983 road traffic collisions in Hawick, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,079 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 228 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
983
764th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,079
1.10 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
14 people killed
Serious collisions
228
241 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hawick

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal141.4%
  • Serious22823%
  • Slight74175%

What the data shows

  • Hawick had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 109 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Hawick were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 335 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hawick, 31% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Hawick.

Where Hawick ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
764th
Most casualties
846th
Most fatal collisions
669th
Most serious collisions
644th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday117 (12%)
  • Tuesday134 (14%)
  • Wednesday151 (15%)
  • Thursday157 (16%)
  • Friday172 (17%)
  • Saturday169 (17%)
  • Sunday83 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight734 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit220 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit20 (2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway942 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road24 (2.4%)
  • Roundabout12 (1.2%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph16 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph946 (96%)
  • 60 mph21 (2.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds768 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds132 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds14 (1.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Other22 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian500 (46%)
  • Car occupant290 (27%)
  • Cyclist143 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist99 (9.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant18 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hawick road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hawick, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hawick peaked at 51 in 1989; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202322
202222
202133
202046
2019911
201888
201779
201699
201555
201489
20131010
201289
201177
2010810
20091111
20081720
20072122
20061414
20052425
20041616
20032529
20022835
20012323
20001921
19992428
19981111
19973334
19963539
19953233
19943031
19931821
19923840
19912931
19904852
19895158
19884043
19873141
19863538
19852527
19843334
19833236
19822934
19813944
19803537
19794549

Map of recent crashes in Hawick

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hawick

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hawick

The 24 most recent collisions in Hawick happened between 8 December 2018 and 12 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hawick

The A7 has the most collisions in Hawick, 250 of 983 (25%), followed by the A698 (83).

Collisions in Hawick on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7250273263
2ndA69883104128
3rdB63993943011
4thB63593300

Council area for Hawick

Hawick is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hawick accounts for 5.9% of them.

Postcode district for Hawick

All 983 collisions in Hawick were in the TD9 postcode district.