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Selkirk road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 340 road traffic collisions in Selkirk, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 403 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 78 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
340
1,448th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
403
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
78
78 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Selkirk

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.9%
  • Serious7823%
  • Slight25976%

What the data shows

  • Selkirk had 23 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 63% fewer than the 63 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Selkirk were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 100 children under 16 were killed or injured in Selkirk, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Selkirk.

Where Selkirk ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,448th
Most casualties
1,513th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,326th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday46 (14%)
  • Tuesday53 (16%)
  • Wednesday50 (15%)
  • Thursday73 (21%)
  • Friday52 (15%)
  • Saturday37 (11%)
  • Sunday29 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight268 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit57 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (2.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway326 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph306 (90%)
  • 60 mph25 (7.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds266 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds46 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Other9 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant173 (43%)
  • Pedestrian127 (32%)
  • Cyclist43 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (9.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (2%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Selkirk road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Selkirk, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Selkirk peaked at 17 in 1995; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202322
202222
202144
202011
201944
201833
201746
201622
201555
201466
201367
201247
201168
201079
2009914
200844
20071013
200666
200577
20041215
200388
200266
2001810
20001013
1999811
199833
19971313
19961214
19951721
19941214
19931112
199267
1991910
19901212
19891516
19881115
198777
198666
198544
198467
198388
198288
19811115
19801016
19791421

Map of recent crashes in Selkirk

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Selkirk

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 Selkirk

The 24 most recent collisions in Selkirk happened between 7 December 2015 and 13 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Selkirk

The A7 has the most collisions in Selkirk, 106 of 340 (31%), followed by the A707 (20).

Collisions in Selkirk on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7106129024
2ndA707202717
3rdA7083300

Council area for Selkirk

Selkirk is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Selkirk accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode district for Selkirk

All 340 collisions in Selkirk were in the TD7 postcode district.