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Govan, Glasgow City, G5 8DW area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,080
310th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,422
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Collisions in 2025
20
Up 18% on 2024

Crash severity at the G5 8DW hotspot

169 of the 1,080 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal70.6%
  • Serious16215%
  • Slight91184%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
7
Seriously injured
172
Slightly injured
1,243
All casualties
1,422

Accidents by year at the G5 8DW hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 93 in 2002, against an average of 43 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the G5 8DW hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 20
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252024
20241732
20231131
20221316
20211923
20202126
20193348
20182934
20172329
20164247
20153653
20143841
20133643
20123749
20114865
20103856
20095169
20084663
20075870
20067897
20056675
20046783
200376103
200293118
200184127

Map of crashes at the G5 8DW hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near G5 8DW.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Govan, Glasgow City, G5 8DW area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the G5 8DW hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Govan
Council area
Glasgow City
Nearest postcode to the centre
G5 8DW
Postcode district
G5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.85062, -4.26096
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
11 December 2025
Rank by collisions
310th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the G5 8DW hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A77, with 256 of 1,080, followed by the A8 with 250.

Collisions at the G5 8DW hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA77256324044
2ndA8250353241
3rdM88310417
4thA730739918
5thA728506906
6thM74232704
7thA746900
8thA7701100
9thA791100
10thM771100

Towns near the G5 8DW hotspot

1,067 of the 1,080 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Glasgow.

All 1,080 crashes at the G5 8DW hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 11 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year