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Oban road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 498 road traffic collisions in Oban, Argyll and Bute, from 1979 to 2025, and 570 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 125 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
498
1,163rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
570
1.14 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
125
132 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Oban

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.8%
  • Serious12525%
  • Slight36473%

What the data shows

  • Oban had 49 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 85 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Oban were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 153 children under 16 were killed or injured in Oban, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in Oban.

Where Oban ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,163rd
Most casualties
1,233rd
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
976th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday82 (16%)
  • Tuesday69 (14%)
  • Wednesday83 (17%)
  • Thursday75 (15%)
  • Friday71 (14%)
  • Saturday66 (13%)
  • Sunday52 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight386 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit106 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway410 (82%)
  • One way street or slip road53 (11%)
  • Roundabout17 (3.4%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph481 (97%)
  • 60 mph11 (2.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds332 (67%)
  • Raining, no high winds121 (24%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (4.2%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other9 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian261 (46%)
  • Car occupant168 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist65 (11%)
  • Cyclist55 (9.6%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Oban road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Oban, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Oban peaked at 25 in 1982; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202455
202355
202233
202133
202056
201944
2018910
201755
201655
201589
201455
201333
201266
201188
20101212
20091414
200877
20071617
200668
200588
20041112
200366
2002910
20011420
2000910
19991819
19981616
19971013
19961315
1995911
19941515
19931111
19921216
19911620
19902124
19891721
19881313
19871516
19861215
19852224
19842124
19831517
19822536
1981912
19801113
1979613

Map of recent crashes in Oban

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Oban

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Oban

The 24 most recent collisions in Oban happened between 28 August 2020 and 4 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Oban

The A816 has the most collisions in Oban, 161 of 498 (32%), followed by the A85 (100).

Collisions in Oban on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA816161190238
2ndA85100124427

Council area for Oban

Oban is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Oban accounts for 3.5% of them.

Postcode district for Oban

All 498 collisions in Oban were in the PA34 postcode district.