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G21 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,077 road traffic collisions in the G21 postcode district, Glasgow City, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,161 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 77 were fatal and 929 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 31 collisions, up 55% on 2024 (20).

Collisions since 1979
4,077
864th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,161
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
77
78 people killed
Serious collisions
929
1,002 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
31
Up 55% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
47
Up 96% on 2024

Road collision statistics for G21

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal771.9%
  • Serious92923%
  • Slight3,07175%

What the data shows

  • G21 had 324 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 597 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in G21 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,216 children under 16 were killed or injured in G21, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in G21.

Where G21 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
864th
Most casualties
945th
Most fatal collisions
551st
Most serious collisions
498th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday574 (14%)
  • Tuesday552 (14%)
  • Wednesday619 (15%)
  • Thursday643 (16%)
  • Friday726 (18%)
  • Saturday536 (13%)
  • Sunday427 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,848 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,139 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown38 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit33 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,686 (66%)
  • Dual carriageway1,171 (29%)
  • Roundabout91 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road75 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded54 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph17 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph3,482 (85%)
  • 40 mph205 (5%)
  • 50 mph265 (6.5%)
  • 60 mph88 (2.2%)
  • 70 mph18 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,931 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds726 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds160 (3.9%)
  • Fine with high winds117 (2.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds29 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds19 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist13 (0.3%)
  • Other64 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded18 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,320 (45%)
  • Pedestrian1,697 (33%)
  • Bus or coach occupant271 (5.3%)
  • Motorcyclist230 (4.5%)
  • Cyclist218 (4.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant183 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant150 (2.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)40 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant30 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant20 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

G21 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in G21, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in G21 peaked at 174 in 1981; 2025 had 31.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 31
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253147
20242024
20231623
20223343
20213451
20201621
20193752
20183848
20175061
20164955
20155365
20145870
20134055
20123647
20114659
20105876
20096483
20088099
20077178
200691115
200583140
20047986
200387109
200294125
2001113140
200097134
199984102
199898130
1997101135
1996105131
1995119155
1994128160
1993114151
1992104146
1991141181
1990136191
1989148184
1988113134
1987120151
1986136157
1985160186
1984154191
1983138158
1982126155
1981174216
1980125148
19797993

Map of recent crashes in G21

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in G21

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in G21

The 24 most recent collisions in G21 happened between 12 April and 30 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in G21

The A803 has the most collisions in G21, 691 of 4,077 (17%), followed by the M8 (357).

Collisions in G21 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA80369193516157
2ndM8357517745
3rdB808140187346
4thB76591118522
5thA804273403
6thA74233717
7thB812223225
8thA80212617
9thM80182501
10thA8121412
11thB76381201
12thA7495505
13thB8034411
14thB8224402
15thA7303301
16thA8143300
17thA8913402

Council area for G21

G21 is in Glasgow City, where police recorded 95,217 collisions from 1979 to 2025. G21 accounts for 4.3% of them.

Town in G21

Of the 4,077 collisions in G21, 3,492 (86%) were in Glasgow.