Reported number of collisions

Figure 1 shows the long-term trend for injury road collisions recorded by the police.

In 2025, there were 4,124 collisions in which someone was killed or injured. This was 1% lower than in 2024 and the third lowest number since records began. There were 125 fatal collisions in 2025 (20 less than 2024), 1,678 serious injury collisions and 2,321 slight injury collisions.

Figure 1: Number of reported injury road collisions in Scotland by severity, 1995 to 2025 - as described in the previous text
Figure 1: Number of reported injury road collisions in Scotland by severity, 1995 to 2025

Note for Figure 1: Due to changes in the way casualty severity is recorded, figures for the number of serious and slight collisions are not comparable with years prior to 2004.