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PA18 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 164 road traffic collisions in the PA18 postcode district, Inverclyde, from 1979 to 2025, and 238 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 43 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 2 June 2023.

Collisions since 1979
164
2,599th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
238
1.45 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
43
47 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
2 Jun 2023
Busiest year
2004
9 collisions

Road collision statistics for PA18

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.8%
  • Serious4326%
  • Slight11872%

What the data shows

  • PA18 had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in PA18 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 36 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA18, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 51% of collisions in PA18.

Where PA18 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,599th
Most casualties
2,600th
Most fatal collisions
2,601st
Most serious collisions
2,600th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (18%)
  • Tuesday13 (7.9%)
  • Wednesday22 (13%)
  • Thursday22 (13%)
  • Friday28 (17%)
  • Saturday25 (15%)
  • Sunday24 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight116 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (6.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway160 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.8%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph77 (47%)
  • 40 mph60 (37%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph25 (15%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds114 (70%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (20%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (6.7%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant169 (71%)
  • Pedestrian30 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist16 (6.7%)
  • Cyclist10 (4.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.7%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA18 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA18, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PA18 peaked at 9 in 2004; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202311
202212
202100
202000
201935
201834
201714
201633
201511
201449
201323
201211
201111
201022
200911
200847
200758
200646
200568
2004913
2003810
200258
200133
200022
199945
199856
199778
199658
199535
199444
199356
199245
199147
199024
198949
198889
198737
198636
198535
198455
198344
198249
1981713
198044
197967

Map of recent crashes in PA18

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA18

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA18

The 24 most recent collisions in PA18 happened between 1 October 2009 and 2 June 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA18

Of the 164 collisions in PA18, 130 were on the A78.

Collisions in PA18 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA78130197234

Council area for PA18

PA18 is in Inverclyde, where police recorded 10,556 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA18 accounts for 1.5% of them.