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KA21 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,201 road traffic collisions in the KA21 postcode district, North Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,558 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 15 were fatal and 320 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,201
2,115th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,558
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
15
16 people killed
Serious collisions
320
365 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
17
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for KA21

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal151.2%
  • Serious32027%
  • Slight86672%

What the data shows

  • KA21 had 93 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 177 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in KA21 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 341 children under 16 were killed or injured in KA21, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in KA21.

Where KA21 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,115th
Most casualties
2,151st
Most fatal collisions
2,285th
Most serious collisions
1,951st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday148 (12%)
  • Tuesday161 (13%)
  • Wednesday173 (14%)
  • Thursday195 (16%)
  • Friday188 (16%)
  • Saturday216 (18%)
  • Sunday120 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight832 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit309 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting52 (4.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,108 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway45 (3.7%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (2.8%)
  • Roundabout7 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph4 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph916 (76%)
  • 40 mph94 (7.8%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph166 (14%)
  • 70 mph14 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds845 (70%)
  • Raining, no high winds228 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds61 (5.1%)
  • Fine with high winds39 (3.2%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Other10 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant767 (49%)
  • Pedestrian490 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist104 (6.7%)
  • Cyclist78 (5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant46 (3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant31 (2%)
  • Van occupant30 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KA21 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KA21, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KA21 peaked at 55 in 1983; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025817
202455
202335
202246
20211011
202099
20191520
20181214
20171315
20161416
20151215
20141720
20132123
20121421
20112024
20101318
20091619
20081820
20072226
20062427
20051417
20042836
20032938
20022939
20012332
20002631
19993036
19983144
19972835
19963237
19953855
19943954
19933136
19923452
19913946
19904249
19893643
19883856
19874759
19864355
19854662
19844362
19835562
19824267
19814157
19804355
1979412

Map of recent crashes in KA21

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KA21

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KA21

The 24 most recent collisions in KA21 happened between 16 June 2021 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in KA21

The A738 has the most collisions in KA21, 199 of 1,201 (17%), followed by the A78 (181).

Collisions in KA21 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA738199249558
2ndA78181246357
3rdB714100135132
4thB780395209

Council area for KA21

KA21 is in North Ayrshire, where police recorded 14,454 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KA21 accounts for 8.3% of them.

Town in KA21

Of the 1,201 collisions in KA21, 914 (76%) were in Saltcoats.