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Lockerbie road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 176 road traffic collisions in Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, from 1979 to 2025, and 216 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 44 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
176
2,089th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
216
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
44
48 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lockerbie

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.7%
  • Serious4425%
  • Slight12973%

What the data shows

  • Lockerbie had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 24 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Lockerbie were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 56 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lockerbie, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Lockerbie.

Where Lockerbie ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,089th
Most casualties
2,175th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,873rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday12 (6.8%)
  • Tuesday21 (12%)
  • Wednesday25 (14%)
  • Thursday32 (18%)
  • Friday34 (19%)
  • Saturday31 (18%)
  • Sunday21 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight132 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit32 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (5.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway155 (88%)
  • Dual carriageway16 (9.1%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.7%)
  • Roundabout2 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph146 (83%)
  • 40 mph3 (1.7%)
  • 60 mph13 (7.4%)
  • 70 mph13 (7.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds147 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (8.5%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other5 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant87 (40%)
  • Pedestrian79 (37%)
  • Motorcyclist25 (12%)
  • Cyclist10 (4.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.9%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lockerbie road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lockerbie, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lockerbie peaked at 12 in 1981; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202445
202323
202200
202122
202000
201922
201811
201722
201622
201511
201422
201311
201222
201145
201023
200968
200833
200733
200600
200579
200444
200379
200233
200166
200022
199947
199844
199722
199635
199567
199434
199345
199278
199157
199067
198945
198855
198756
198667
1985712
198423
198356
1982813
19811215
198011
197999

Map of recent crashes in Lockerbie

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lockerbie

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lockerbie

The 24 most recent collisions in Lockerbie happened between 2 April 2011 and 12 October 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lockerbie

The B723 has the most collisions in Lockerbie, 74 of 176 (42%), followed by the B7068 (24).

Collisions in Lockerbie on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB7237483021
2ndB70682435210
3rdA709101412
4thA7491501
5thA74(M)4500

Council area for Lockerbie

Lockerbie is in Dumfries and Galloway, where police recorded 19,421 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lockerbie accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Lockerbie

All 176 collisions in Lockerbie were in the DG11 postcode district.