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PA8 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 570 road traffic collisions in the PA8 postcode district, Renfrewshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 722 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 123 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
570
2,381st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
722
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
18 people killed
Serious collisions
123
140 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PA8

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal142.5%
  • Serious12322%
  • Slight43376%

What the data shows

  • PA8 had 40 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 68% fewer than the 124 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in PA8 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 142 children under 16 were killed or injured in PA8, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 52% of collisions in PA8.

Where PA8 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,381st
Most casualties
2,417th
Most fatal collisions
2,302nd
Most serious collisions
2,409th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday80 (14%)
  • Tuesday85 (15%)
  • Wednesday79 (14%)
  • Thursday80 (14%)
  • Friday74 (13%)
  • Saturday99 (17%)
  • Sunday73 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight394 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit121 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting48 (8.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway364 (64%)
  • Roundabout95 (17%)
  • Dual carriageway88 (15%)
  • One way street or slip road22 (3.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph341 (60%)
  • 40 mph9 (1.6%)
  • 50 mph37 (6.5%)
  • 60 mph109 (19%)
  • 70 mph71 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds394 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds107 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds31 (5.4%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (2.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other12 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant385 (53%)
  • Pedestrian135 (19%)
  • Bus or coach occupant61 (8.4%)
  • Cyclist53 (7.3%)
  • Motorcyclist38 (5.3%)
  • Van occupant17 (2.4%)
  • Minibus occupant14 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PA8 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PA8, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PA8 peaked at 24 in 1997; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202412
202333
202247
202122
202044
201933
201811
201756
20161320
201577
201478
20131214
20121318
20111416
20101018
20091113
20081416
20072125
20061516
20051319
20041823
20031418
20021414
20011112
20001923
19991524
19981121
19972430
19961213
19951718
19941415
19931728
19921315
19912430
19901921
19891721
19881527
19871012
19861925
19851925
19841618
19831519
19821823
19811214
198088
197922

Map of recent crashes in PA8

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PA8

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PA8

The 24 most recent collisions in PA8 happened between 24 August 2017 and 7 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PA8

The A726 has the most collisions in PA8, 132 of 570 (23%), followed by the M898 (61).

Collisions in PA8 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA726132163431
2ndM8986182013
3rdM8151901
4thA8987901
5thA851410
6thA823402

Council area for PA8

PA8 is in Renfrewshire, where police recorded 22,487 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PA8 accounts for 2.5% of them.

Town in PA8

Of the 570 collisions in PA8, 212 (37%) were in Erskine.