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Bellshill road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,059 road traffic collisions in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,531 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 464 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,059
452nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,531
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
23
25 people killed
Serious collisions
464
503 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bellshill

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal231.1%
  • Serious46423%
  • Slight1,57276%

What the data shows

  • Bellshill had 153 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 342 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Bellshill were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 615 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bellshill, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Bellshill.

Where Bellshill ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
452nd
Most casualties
463rd
Most fatal collisions
433rd
Most serious collisions
358th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday306 (15%)
  • Tuesday283 (14%)
  • Wednesday297 (14%)
  • Thursday320 (16%)
  • Friday399 (19%)
  • Saturday251 (12%)
  • Sunday203 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,414 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit606 (29%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit17 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,431 (69%)
  • Dual carriageway279 (14%)
  • Roundabout196 (9.5%)
  • One way street or slip road145 (7%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph17 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph1,810 (88%)
  • 40 mph78 (3.8%)
  • 50 mph20 (1%)
  • 60 mph52 (2.5%)
  • 70 mph81 (3.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,492 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds356 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds84 (4.1%)
  • Fine with high winds64 (3.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds22 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Other26 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,178 (47%)
  • Pedestrian896 (35%)
  • Cyclist127 (5%)
  • Motorcyclist114 (4.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant73 (2.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant56 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant55 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)17 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bellshill road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bellshill, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bellshill peaked at 79 in 1983; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251213
202499
20231315
2022910
202144
202055
20191819
20181821
20173746
20162831
20151921
20143142
20132728
20123244
20115375
20103546
20092732
20083339
20074554
20064042
20054456
20045777
20035672
20024549
20017085
20006078
19994654
19987597
19976985
19965161
19956176
19945675
19935472
19927385
19916072
19905970
19895867
19884958
19875768
19866062
19856287
19846685
19837996
19827093
19817697
19804148
19791010

Map of recent crashes in Bellshill

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bellshill

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bellshill

The 24 most recent collisions in Bellshill happened between 22 October 2023 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bellshill

The B7070 has the most collisions in Bellshill, 414 of 2,059 (20%), followed by the A721 (320).

Collisions in Bellshill on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB70704145266108
2ndA721320391174
3rdA725189261639
4thA775188236336
5thB70298394018
6thB7001607507
7thA7234511

Council area for Bellshill

Bellshill is in North Lanarkshire, where police recorded 36,249 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bellshill accounts for 5.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Bellshill

Collisions in Bellshill were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by ML4 (2,056) and G71 (3).