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Ardrossan road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 628 road traffic collisions in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 772 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 191 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
628
1,009th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
772
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
191
203 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ardrossan

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.1%
  • Serious19130%
  • Slight43068%

What the data shows

  • Ardrossan had 42 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 80 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in Ardrossan were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 231 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ardrossan, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Ardrossan.

Where Ardrossan ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,009th
Most casualties
1,030th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
721st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday94 (15%)
  • Tuesday81 (13%)
  • Wednesday82 (13%)
  • Thursday83 (13%)
  • Friday116 (18%)
  • Saturday96 (15%)
  • Sunday76 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight427 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit198 (32%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway595 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (3.8%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph606 (96%)
  • 40 mph12 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph8 (1.3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds491 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds85 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds25 (4%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (3.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant318 (41%)
  • Pedestrian272 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist68 (8.8%)
  • Cyclist62 (8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant17 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ardrossan road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ardrossan, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ardrossan peaked at 31 in 1989; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202433
202311
202255
202111
202033
201977
20181215
201734
201656
201544
201467
2013910
201288
20111012
201055
200979
20081214
200766
20061316
20051519
20041215
20031010
20021113
20012024
20001822
19991920
19981516
19971515
1996710
19952130
19942326
19931824
19922535
19912543
19902226
19893142
19883035
19871920
19862328
19852328
19841929
19832127
19822327
19812227
19801721
197922

Map of recent crashes in Ardrossan

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ardrossan

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ardrossan

The 24 most recent collisions in Ardrossan happened between 10 November 2018 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ardrossan

The A78 has the most collisions in Ardrossan, 154 of 628 (25%), followed by the A738 (102).

Collisions in Ardrossan on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA78154213247
2ndA738102124033
3rdB7808796232

Council area for Ardrossan

Ardrossan is in North Ayrshire, where police recorded 14,454 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ardrossan accounts for 4.3% of them.

Postcode district for Ardrossan

Of the 628 collisions in Ardrossan, 626 (99.7%) were in the KA22 postcode district.