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KA30 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
956
2,222nd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,273
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
12 people killed
Serious collisions
202
235 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for KA30

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101%
  • Serious20221%
  • Slight74478%

What the data shows

  • KA30 had 55 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 63% fewer than the 149 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in KA30 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 206 children under 16 were killed or injured in KA30, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in KA30.

Where KA30 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,222nd
Most casualties
2,233rd
Most fatal collisions
2,425th
Most serious collisions
2,231st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday118 (12%)
  • Tuesday114 (12%)
  • Wednesday140 (15%)
  • Thursday118 (12%)
  • Friday148 (15%)
  • Saturday167 (17%)
  • Sunday151 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight675 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit195 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting83 (8.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway915 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (2.1%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (1.3%)
  • Roundabout6 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph692 (72%)
  • 40 mph39 (4.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph219 (23%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds684 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds173 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds48 (5%)
  • Fine with high winds27 (2.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Other11 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant692 (54%)
  • Pedestrian296 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist99 (7.8%)
  • Cyclist87 (6.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant34 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant26 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant16 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KA30 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KA30, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KA30 peaked at 46 in 1980; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202579
202422
202368
202233
2021614
202045
2019810
201833
201756
20161111
201589
201467
20131213
20121623
20111818
20101113
20092134
20081620
20072335
20061826
20051521
20042330
20031938
20021618
20012837
20001926
19992031
19982430
19973655
19962427
19952939
19942530
19933547
19923660
19912833
19903146
19892837
19883045
19873442
19862223
19854045
19842844
19832225
19822432
19812530
19804659
19794554

Map of recent crashes in KA30

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KA30

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KA30

The 24 most recent collisions in KA30 happened between 19 March 2021 and 27 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in KA30

The A78 has the most collisions in KA30, 468 of 956 (49%), followed by the A760 (78).

Collisions in KA30 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA784686323105
2ndA76078121224
3rdA774700
4thA84501
5thB7023300

Council area for KA30

KA30 is in North Ayrshire, where police recorded 14,454 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KA30 accounts for 6.6% of them.

Town in KA30

Of the 956 collisions in KA30, 579 (61%) were in Largs.