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G74 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,053 road traffic collisions in the G74 postcode district, South Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,933 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 36 were fatal and 605 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 19 collisions, down 21% on 2024 (24).

Collisions since 1979
3,053
1,300th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
3,933
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
36
36 people killed
Serious collisions
605
660 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
19
Down 21% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
21
Down 38% on 2024

Road collision statistics for G74

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal361.2%
  • Serious60520%
  • Slight2,41279%

What the data shows

  • G74 had 257 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 589 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in G74 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 541 children under 16 were killed or injured in G74, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 49% of collisions in G74.

Where G74 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,300th
Most casualties
1,344th
Most fatal collisions
1,639th
Most serious collisions
1,195th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday454 (15%)
  • Tuesday452 (15%)
  • Wednesday424 (14%)
  • Thursday482 (16%)
  • Friday531 (17%)
  • Saturday409 (13%)
  • Sunday301 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,156 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit827 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting33 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit22 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,650 (54%)
  • Dual carriageway748 (25%)
  • Roundabout545 (18%)
  • One way street or slip road88 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded22 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph14 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph1,932 (63%)
  • 40 mph213 (7%)
  • 50 mph602 (20%)
  • 60 mph192 (6.3%)
  • 70 mph100 (3.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,109 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds621 (20%)
  • Raining with high winds126 (4.1%)
  • Fine with high winds64 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds46 (1.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds22 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.3%)
  • Other43 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,427 (62%)
  • Pedestrian752 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist227 (5.8%)
  • Cyclist183 (4.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant143 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant86 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant48 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)26 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant24 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

G74 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in G74, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in G74 peaked at 99 in 1988; 2025 had 19.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 19
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251921
20242434
20232231
20222731
20211621
20201114
20192941
20184052
20173640
20163339
20155776
20144863
20134765
20125169
20116681
20105063
20096985
20086580
20075969
20067793
200583105
200479119
200385114
200287107
200184112
200092141
199993140
199893110
199791115
199696127
199591110
199494120
19937999
19926884
19917495
199084118
19897596
198899140
19877888
198688102
198585117
198494113
19837795
198284116
198183100
19806171
19791011

Map of recent crashes in G74

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in G74

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in G74

The 24 most recent collisions in G74 happened between 14 November 2024 and 14 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in G74

The A749 has the most collisions in G74, 320 of 3,053 (10%), followed by the A725 (314).

Collisions in G74 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA749320427554
2ndA725314424649
3rdA726311430562
4thB761197256436
5thB78399128113
6thB764284118
7thA776111803
8thA7243301

Council area for G74

G74 is in South Lanarkshire, where police recorded 33,807 collisions from 1979 to 2025. G74 accounts for 9% of them.

Town in G74

Of the 3,053 collisions in G74, 2,354 (77%) were in East Kilbride.