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Peebles road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 399 road traffic collisions in Peebles, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 461 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 91 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
399
1,309th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
461
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
91
97 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Peebles

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.8%
  • Serious9123%
  • Slight30175%

What the data shows

  • Peebles had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 62 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Peebles were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Peebles are between noon and 3pm, with 25% of collisions.
  • 125 children under 16 were killed or injured in Peebles, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Peebles ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,309th
Most casualties
1,394th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,209th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday55 (14%)
  • Tuesday49 (12%)
  • Wednesday60 (15%)
  • Thursday54 (14%)
  • Friday68 (17%)
  • Saturday58 (15%)
  • Sunday55 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight314 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit75 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway371 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (4%)
  • Roundabout6 (1.5%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (2%)
  • 30 mph367 (92%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph23 (5.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds328 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (11%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian160 (35%)
  • Car occupant152 (33%)
  • Cyclist83 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist44 (9.5%)
  • Van occupant9 (2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Peebles road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Peebles, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Peebles peaked at 16 in 1992; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202422
202311
202200
202122
202011
201947
201867
2017610
201644
201556
201444
201389
201266
201133
2010913
200956
200866
200778
200699
200588
20041012
20031314
200289
20011316
20001115
199999
1998910
199755
1996910
19951112
19941215
19931112
19921618
19911114
19901619
19891111
19881616
198767
19861619
19851314
19841518
19831314
19821517
19811011
19801418
1979912

Map of recent crashes in Peebles

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Peebles

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Peebles

The 24 most recent collisions in Peebles happened between 19 October 2016 and 6 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Peebles

The A72 has the most collisions in Peebles, 122 of 399 (31%), followed by the A703 (32).

Collisions in Peebles on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA72122143327
2ndA7033240010
3rdB7062171903

Council area for Peebles

Peebles is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Peebles accounts for 2.4% of them.

Postcode district for Peebles

All 399 collisions in Peebles were in the EH45 postcode district.