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PA3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,314 road traffic collisions in the PA3 postcode district, Renfrewshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,490 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 85 were fatal and 920 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 29 collisions, up 4% on 2024 (28).

Collisions since 1979
4,314
765th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,490
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
85
93 people killed
Serious collisions
920
1,029 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
29
Up 4% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
42
Up 5% on 2024

Road collision statistics for PA3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal852%
  • Serious92021%
  • Slight3,30977%

What the data shows

  • PA3 had 355 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 720 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in PA3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 895 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA3, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in PA3.

Where PA3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
765th
Most casualties
838th
Most fatal collisions
444th
Most serious collisions
510th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday624 (14%)
  • Tuesday656 (15%)
  • Wednesday633 (15%)
  • Thursday660 (15%)
  • Friday748 (17%)
  • Saturday586 (14%)
  • Sunday407 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,044 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,086 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting121 (2.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit33 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown30 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,139 (50%)
  • Dual carriageway1,433 (33%)
  • Roundabout462 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road253 (5.9%)
  • Not recorded27 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph3,072 (71%)
  • 40 mph277 (6.4%)
  • 50 mph129 (3%)
  • 60 mph376 (8.7%)
  • 70 mph448 (10%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,052 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds797 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds202 (4.7%)
  • Fine with high winds106 (2.5%)
  • Fog or mist30 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds20 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds13 (0.3%)
  • Other59 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded35 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,156 (57%)
  • Pedestrian1,176 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist345 (6.3%)
  • Cyclist270 (4.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant202 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant125 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant102 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)47 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant41 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant25 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PA3 peaked at 158 in 1988; 2025 had 29.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 29
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252942
20242840
20232229
20222127
20212633
20202129
20194867
20184854
20175168
20166173
20155467
20145565
20136574
20127291
20117098
20107091
20097182
20087090
200789116
2006104139
2005106143
2004119145
2003120174
2002115149
2001106127
200097127
1999121161
1998109148
199793113
1996104135
1995128172
1994109150
1993113133
1992146179
1991139183
1990143178
1989142175
1988158207
1987114139
1986142160
1985127159
1984143175
1983116149
1982117150
1981143175
1980107137
19796272

Map of recent crashes in PA3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA3

The 24 most recent collisions in PA3 happened between 4 February and 7 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA3

The M8 has the most collisions in PA3, 535 of 4,314 (12%), followed by the A741 (516).

Collisions in PA3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM85357681683
2ndA74151664215112
3rdA72651369011112
4thA761306418357
5thA737245342531
6thA74077102111
7thB7050535726
8thB775162002
9thA8152607
10thB7748800
11thA73671002
12thB7895601

Council area for PA3

PA3 is in Renfrewshire, where police recorded 22,487 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA3 accounts for 19% of them.

Towns in PA3

Collisions in PA3 were recorded in 4 towns, led by Paisley (2,341) and Linwood (462).