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Scottish Mountain Rescue

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2026
Scottish Mountain Rescue

Statistics Report 2025

798 independent incidents in 2025; 1,270 callouts including continuations — an average of 3.5 per day
Key Metric 1
901 people assisted; 39,229 volunteer hours given on callouts alone by 850+ team members across 26 civilian teams
Key Metric 2
62% of incidents (491) mountaineering-related; 307 non-mountaineering; 38 incidents involving fatalities
Key Metric 3
901 people assisted in 2025 — the highest figure in SMR's recorded statistics history, representing a sustained post-pandemic step-change in demand (approx. 10–15 additional incidents per month since 2020/21)
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