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Airdrie road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,330 road traffic collisions in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,145 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 41 were fatal and 843 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 21 collisions, down 5% on 2024 (22).

Collisions since 1979
3,330
305th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
4,145
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
41
43 people killed
Serious collisions
843
906 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
21
Down 5% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
23
Down 4% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Airdrie

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal411.2%
  • Serious84325%
  • Slight2,44673%

What the data shows

  • Airdrie had 260 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 537 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Airdrie were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,076 children under 16 were killed or injured in Airdrie, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Airdrie.

Where Airdrie ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
305th
Most casualties
308th
Most fatal collisions
266th
Most serious collisions
217th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday450 (14%)
  • Tuesday470 (14%)
  • Wednesday419 (13%)
  • Thursday526 (16%)
  • Friday625 (19%)
  • Saturday505 (15%)
  • Sunday335 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,317 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit966 (29%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit22 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown14 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,958 (89%)
  • Roundabout135 (4.1%)
  • Dual carriageway133 (4%)
  • One way street or slip road98 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph15 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph3,185 (96%)
  • 40 mph59 (1.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph62 (1.9%)
  • 70 mph7 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,481 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds572 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds89 (2.7%)
  • Fine with high winds71 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds27 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds19 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.2%)
  • Other47 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded18 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,908 (46%)
  • Pedestrian1,526 (37%)
  • Motorcyclist176 (4.2%)
  • Cyclist172 (4.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant127 (3.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant106 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant68 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant23 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)19 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Airdrie road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Airdrie, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Airdrie peaked at 124 in 1982; 2025 had 21.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252123
20242224
20231818
20222528
20212531
20201921
20192126
20183352
20174453
20163238
20155157
20144453
20134657
20125268
20116182
20104251
20095875
20084464
20077696
20066393
20056277
20046082
20037393
20026186
200184118
200088120
199993121
199880101
199799111
199699116
199599125
199491119
199399116
199299131
1991102129
1990109126
1989118129
1988113144
198799122
1986103117
1985121150
1984107135
1983115128
1982124152
1981104126
198088110
19794351

Map of recent crashes in Airdrie

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Airdrie

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Airdrie

The 24 most recent collisions in Airdrie happened between 20 November 2024 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Airdrie

The A89 has the most collisions in Airdrie, 712 of 3,330 (21%), followed by the A73 (358).

Collisions in Airdrie on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8971290313180
2ndA73358492775
3rdA8010285336587
4thB802270344357
5thB8058107130228
6thB75491402
7thA8015701
8thB8035604
9thA7213301

Council area for Airdrie

Airdrie is in North Lanarkshire, where police recorded 36,249 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Airdrie accounts for 9.2% of them.

Postcode district for Airdrie

All 3,330 collisions in Airdrie were in the ML6 postcode district.