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Kelso road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 244 road traffic collisions in Kelso, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 278 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 63 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
244
1,753rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
278
1.14 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
63
68 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kelso

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.4%
  • Serious6326%
  • Slight18074%

What the data shows

  • Kelso had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 60% fewer than the 42 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Kelso were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 54 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kelso, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Kelso.

Where Kelso ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,753rd
Most casualties
1,901st
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,534th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (14%)
  • Tuesday34 (14%)
  • Wednesday28 (11%)
  • Thursday42 (17%)
  • Friday42 (17%)
  • Saturday32 (13%)
  • Sunday31 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight186 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit52 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway217 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road13 (5.3%)
  • Roundabout13 (5.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph220 (90%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph19 (7.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds196 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Other3 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant97 (35%)
  • Pedestrian93 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (13%)
  • Cyclist32 (12%)
  • Van occupant10 (3.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kelso road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kelso, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kelso peaked at 14 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
202413
202300
202211
202111
202011
201922
201822
201733
201657
201500
201433
201355
201244
201144
201023
200955
2008812
200755
200666
200533
200411
200399
200255
20011011
200079
199944
19981010
199711
199644
19951012
199434
199355
199256
199199
199099
19891417
198879
198778
198669
198555
198489
198323
19821012
19811111
19801215
1979810

Map of recent crashes in Kelso

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kelso

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kelso

The 24 most recent collisions in Kelso happened between 13 April 2013 and 20 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kelso

The A698 has the most collisions in Kelso, 41 of 244 (17%), followed by the B6461 (34).

Collisions in Kelso on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA698415109
2ndB64613440011
3rdA6089161702
4thB6352152105
5thB635071202
6thA6993300

Council area for Kelso

Kelso is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kelso accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Kelso

All 244 collisions in Kelso were in the TD5 postcode district.