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FK3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,701 road traffic collisions in the FK3 postcode district, Falkirk, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,042 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 26 were fatal and 445 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,701
1,894th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,042
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
26
26 people killed
Serious collisions
445
480 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for FK3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal261.5%
  • Serious44526%
  • Slight1,23072%

What the data shows

  • FK3 had 147 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 315 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in FK3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 367 children under 16 were killed or injured in FK3, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in FK3.

Where FK3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,894th
Most casualties
1,989th
Most fatal collisions
1,970th
Most serious collisions
1,644th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday248 (15%)
  • Tuesday264 (16%)
  • Wednesday246 (14%)
  • Thursday279 (16%)
  • Friday294 (17%)
  • Saturday205 (12%)
  • Sunday165 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,164 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit455 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting47 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit16 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,340 (79%)
  • Roundabout169 (9.9%)
  • Dual carriageway166 (9.8%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded15 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph23 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph1,356 (80%)
  • 40 mph33 (1.9%)
  • 50 mph38 (2.2%)
  • 60 mph196 (12%)
  • 70 mph52 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,208 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds283 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds63 (3.7%)
  • Fine with high winds56 (3.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.4%)
  • Other40 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded28 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant970 (48%)
  • Pedestrian416 (20%)
  • Cyclist257 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist227 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant61 (3%)
  • Van occupant40 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)21 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant20 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant19 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

FK3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in FK3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in FK3 peaked at 79 in 1982; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202579
20241111
20231618
2022711
202177
20201011
20191721
20182024
20172430
20162837
20152631
20143446
20132831
20122732
20113133
20103439
20093750
20083845
20073142
20062936
20052842
20043035
20033947
20023947
20014059
20002536
19993646
19984042
19974558
19963338
19953644
19943544
19934651
19924145
19915361
19905660
19895867
19885767
19874955
19865967
19855765
19846468
19834552
19827998
19817794
19807188
197912

Map of recent crashes in FK3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in FK3

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in FK3

The 24 most recent collisions in FK3 happened between 31 July 2023 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in FK3

The A905 has the most collisions in FK3, 337 of 1,701 (20%), followed by the A904 (312).

Collisions in FK3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA905337418981
2ndA904312386375
3rdB9132176208153
4thB91437193124
5thM95579312
6thB904111506
7thA981100
8thA913300
9thB9133400

Council area for FK3

FK3 is in Falkirk, where police recorded 14,663 collisions from 1979 to 2025. FK3 accounts for 12% of them.

Town in FK3

Of the 1,701 collisions in FK3, 1,311 (77%) were in Grangemouth.