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PA17 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 365 road traffic collisions in the PA17 postcode district, North Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 600 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 111 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
365
2,482nd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
600
1.64 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
111
157 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PA17

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal102.7%
  • Serious11130%
  • Slight24467%

What the data shows

  • PA17 had 23 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 44 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in PA17 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 68 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA17, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 55% of collisions in PA17.

Where PA17 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,482nd
Most casualties
2,461st
Most fatal collisions
2,425th
Most serious collisions
2,435th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (13%)
  • Tuesday45 (12%)
  • Wednesday41 (11%)
  • Thursday50 (14%)
  • Friday68 (19%)
  • Saturday51 (14%)
  • Sunday61 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight261 (72%)
  • Dark, no street lighting63 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit38 (10%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway355 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (2.5%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph150 (41%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph206 (56%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds254 (70%)
  • Raining, no high winds69 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (6.3%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant437 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist48 (8%)
  • Pedestrian32 (5.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant29 (4.8%)
  • Van occupant19 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (2.5%)
  • Cyclist14 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA17 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA17, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PA17 peaked at 26 in 1981; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202445
202323
202212
202134
202000
201948
201838
201745
201624
201511
201400
201367
201235
201189
201045
2009710
200879
200739
200659
200578
2004817
2003912
20021215
20011215
20001115
1999814
199836
19971221
1996710
199588
1994814
1993718
19921015
19911012
1990612
19891932
1988812
19871221
19861138
19851632
19841622
19831115
19822032
19812640
1980921
19791220

Map of recent crashes in PA17

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA17

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA17

The 24 most recent collisions in PA17 happened between 26 February 2015 and 25 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA17

Of the 365 collisions in PA17, 308 were on the A78.

Collisions in PA17 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA78308532997

Council area for PA17

PA17 is in North Ayrshire, where police recorded 14,454 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA17 accounts for 2.5% of them.