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Kirkcudbright road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 126 road traffic collisions in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, from 1979 to 2025, and 138 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 34 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
126
2,519th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
138
1.10 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
34
36 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kirkcudbright

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.8%
  • Serious3427%
  • Slight9172%

What the data shows

  • Kirkcudbright had 11 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 23 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Kirkcudbright were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 25 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kirkcudbright, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 24% of collisions in Kirkcudbright.

Where Kirkcudbright ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,519th
Most casualties
2,752nd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (16%)
  • Tuesday24 (19%)
  • Wednesday15 (12%)
  • Thursday27 (21%)
  • Friday21 (17%)
  • Saturday13 (10%)
  • Sunday6 (4.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight95 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (2.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway121 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (2.4%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph111 (88%)
  • 40 mph5 (4%)
  • 60 mph10 (7.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds108 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (7.9%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (3.2%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian50 (36%)
  • Cyclist32 (23%)
  • Car occupant31 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (15%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kirkcudbright road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kirkcudbright, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kirkcudbright peaked at 8 in 1986; 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
202100
202011
201922
201811
201700
201611
201533
201411
201322
201200
201111
201023
200944
200822
200744
200644
200555
200433
200322
200222
200133
200045
199911
199811
199757
199634
199500
199400
199333
199222
199144
199055
198955
198834
198733
198689
198546
198456
198366
198245
198133
198044
197945

Map of recent crashes in Kirkcudbright

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kirkcudbright

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kirkcudbright

The 24 most recent collisions in Kirkcudbright happened between 3 April 2009 and 21 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kirkcudbright

The A711 has the most collisions in Kirkcudbright, 61 of 126 (48%), followed by the A755 (5).

Collisions in Kirkcudbright on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7116168114
2ndA7555600

Council area for Kirkcudbright

Kirkcudbright is in Dumfries and Galloway, where police recorded 19,421 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kirkcudbright accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Kirkcudbright

All 126 collisions in Kirkcudbright were in the DG6 postcode district.