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Balloch road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 426 road traffic collisions in Balloch, West Dunbartonshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 527 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 113 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
426
1,259th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
527
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
113
118 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Balloch

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.2%
  • Serious11327%
  • Slight30872%

What the data shows

  • Balloch had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 52 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Balloch were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 141 children under 16 were killed or injured in Balloch, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Balloch.

Where Balloch ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,259th
Most casualties
1,285th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,049th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday58 (14%)
  • Tuesday63 (15%)
  • Wednesday55 (13%)
  • Thursday59 (14%)
  • Friday75 (18%)
  • Saturday76 (18%)
  • Sunday40 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight289 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit124 (29%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway401 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (2.3%)
  • Roundabout8 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph362 (85%)
  • 40 mph42 (9.9%)
  • 60 mph14 (3.3%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds316 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds72 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (4.9%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant237 (45%)
  • Pedestrian197 (37%)
  • Cyclist32 (6.1%)
  • Motorcyclist31 (5.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Balloch road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Balloch, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Balloch peaked at 27 in 1989; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202411
202323
202222
202111
202022
201911
201837
201744
201678
201548
201446
201344
201222
20111011
201034
200922
2008911
200766
200689
20051415
20041116
2003712
20021214
200166
2000910
199933
199877
19971012
19961420
19951724
1994814
19931215
19921315
19912534
19901920
19892739
19882225
19871415
198688
19851320
19841112
19831316
19821721
19812225
19801212
197911

Map of recent crashes in Balloch

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Balloch

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Balloch

The 24 most recent collisions in Balloch happened between 3 September 2016 and 25 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Balloch

The A813 has the most collisions in Balloch, 93 of 426 (22%), followed by the A811 (59).

Collisions in Balloch on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA81393122322
2ndA8115982119
3rdA823301

Council area for Balloch

Balloch is in West Dunbartonshire, where police recorded 10,627 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Balloch accounts for 4% of them.

Postcode district for Balloch

All 426 collisions in Balloch were in the G83 postcode district.