Skip to main content
CrashStats

Sandbank road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 115 road traffic collisions in Sandbank, Argyll and Bute, from 1980 to 2025, and 159 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 36 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
115
2,642nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
159
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Serious collisions
36
44 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sandbank

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal32.6%
  • Serious3631%
  • Slight7666%

What the data shows

  • Sandbank had 14 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 34% of collisions in Sandbank were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 20 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sandbank, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 65% of collisions in Sandbank.

Where Sandbank ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,642nd
Most casualties
2,595th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,107th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday16 (14%)
  • Tuesday20 (17%)
  • Wednesday17 (15%)
  • Thursday14 (12%)
  • Friday19 (17%)
  • Saturday13 (11%)
  • Sunday16 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight83 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (6.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway113 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph87 (76%)
  • 40 mph8 (7%)
  • 60 mph20 (17%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds63 (55%)
  • Raining, no high winds36 (31%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (8.7%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other3 (2.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant81 (51%)
  • Pedestrian22 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (6.3%)
  • Cyclist9 (5.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (4.4%)
  • Van occupant7 (4.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sandbank road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sandbank, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Sandbank peaked at 10 in 1989; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202524
202400
202323
202213
202100
202011
201911
201822
201724
201633
201523
201400
201335
201200
201122
201011
200922
200824
200746
200633
200511
200434
200300
200211
200100
200022
199933
199822
199700
199622
199544
199423
199347
199223
199157
199022
19891014
198844
1987418
198655
198567
198466
198333
198268
198145
198011

Map of recent crashes in Sandbank

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sandbank

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sandbank

The 24 most recent collisions in Sandbank happened between 15 January 2009 and 4 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sandbank

The A815 has the most collisions in Sandbank, 77 of 115 (67%), followed by the A885 (28).

Collisions in Sandbank on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA81577115122
2ndA885283329

Council area for Sandbank

Sandbank is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sandbank accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Sandbank

All 115 collisions in Sandbank were in the PA23 postcode district.