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Stranraer road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 734 road traffic collisions in Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, from 1979 to 2025, and 855 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 177 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
734
923rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
855
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
177
187 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Stranraer

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71%
  • Serious17724%
  • Slight55075%

What the data shows

  • Stranraer had 68 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 114 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Stranraer were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 267 children under 16 were killed or injured in Stranraer, 31% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Stranraer.

Where Stranraer ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
923rd
Most casualties
965th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
760th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday120 (16%)
  • Tuesday110 (15%)
  • Wednesday98 (13%)
  • Thursday103 (14%)
  • Friday132 (18%)
  • Saturday85 (12%)
  • Sunday86 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight575 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit148 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway566 (77%)
  • One way street or slip road133 (18%)
  • Roundabout20 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph29 (4%)
  • 30 mph682 (93%)
  • 40 mph9 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph12 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds593 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds73 (9.9%)
  • Fine with high winds23 (3.1%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (3.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other17 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian364 (43%)
  • Car occupant279 (33%)
  • Cyclist120 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (6.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant14 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant8 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Stranraer road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Stranraer, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Stranraer peaked at 35 in 1991; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025813
202456
202377
202267
202155
202033
20191111
201856
201799
2016910
20151013
2014912
201378
20121011
20111011
201099
20091419
20081213
20071618
20061720
20051818
20042528
20031415
20021819
20011819
20001317
19991415
19981010
19971316
19961718
19951620
19942225
19932125
19922324
19913544
19903039
19892631
19881011
19873238
19862528
19852328
19841922
19832631
19821923
19811517
19802932
19792131

Map of recent crashes in Stranraer

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Stranraer

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Stranraer

The 24 most recent collisions in Stranraer happened between 16 April 2022 and 30 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Stranraer

The A718 has the most collisions in Stranraer, 112 of 734 (15%), followed by the B737 (91).

Collisions in Stranraer on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA718112116037
2ndB7379199125
3rdA776993120
4thA755981011
5thA717374517

Council area for Stranraer

Stranraer is in Dumfries and Galloway, where police recorded 19,421 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Stranraer accounts for 3.8% of them.

Postcode district for Stranraer

All 734 collisions in Stranraer were in the DG9 postcode district.