Road crashes in South Ayrshire

4,978 recorded collisions since 2000.

South Ayrshire has recorded 4,978 road collisions since 2000, 129 of them fatal and 1,048 causing serious injury. That makes it the 308th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 24% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 25.9 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 81% since 2000, from 335 to 65 in 2024. The A77 is the most affected road locally, with 1,031 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.