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PA19 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 933 road traffic collisions in the PA19 postcode district, Inverclyde, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,209 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 194 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
933
2,231st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,209
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
16 people killed
Serious collisions
194
214 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PA19

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal141.5%
  • Serious19421%
  • Slight72578%

What the data shows

  • PA19 had 55 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 69% fewer than the 175 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in PA19 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 193 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA19, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in PA19.

Where PA19 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,231st
Most casualties
2,251st
Most fatal collisions
2,302nd
Most serious collisions
2,250th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday121 (13%)
  • Tuesday125 (13%)
  • Wednesday124 (13%)
  • Thursday146 (16%)
  • Friday131 (14%)
  • Saturday162 (17%)
  • Sunday124 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight664 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit233 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting27 (2.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway878 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway38 (4.1%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout6 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph854 (92%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph62 (6.6%)
  • 70 mph6 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds639 (68%)
  • Raining, no high winds196 (21%)
  • Raining with high winds57 (6.1%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (1.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other15 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant620 (51%)
  • Pedestrian310 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist96 (7.9%)
  • Cyclist77 (6.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant63 (5.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant18 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant8 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA19 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA19, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PA19 peaked at 39 in 1986; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202467
202322
202258
202111
202022
2019710
201879
20171316
201668
20151012
20141016
20131314
20121421
20111417
20102227
20091618
20082633
20072635
20062434
20052128
20041725
20032630
20022332
20012025
20002229
19992730
19982737
19972428
19962234
19952839
19942533
19932036
19922430
19912327
19903543
19893547
19883136
19872949
19863946
19853646
19843950
19832931
19822329
19813851
19801517
197955

Map of recent crashes in PA19

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA19

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA19

The 24 most recent collisions in PA19 happened between 8 October 2019 and 1 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA19

The A770 has the most collisions in PA19, 433 of 933 (46%), followed by the A78 (47).

Collisions in PA19 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA770433585891
2ndA78475819
3rdA8323418
4thA777802

Council area for PA19

PA19 is in Inverclyde, where police recorded 10,556 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA19 accounts for 8.8% of them.

Town in PA19

Of the 933 collisions in PA19, 750 (80%) were in Gourock.