Road crashes in Orkney Islands

577 recorded collisions since 2000.

Orkney Islands has recorded 577 road collisions since 2000, 25 of them fatal and 125 causing serious injury. That makes it the 351st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 26% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 43.3 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 43% since 2000, from 23 to 13 in 2024. The A965 is the most affected road locally, with 123 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.