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Blantyre road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,255 road traffic collisions in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,493 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 254 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,255
645th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,493
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
20 people killed
Serious collisions
254
273 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blantyre

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.6%
  • Serious25420%
  • Slight98178%

What the data shows

  • Blantyre had 101 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 203 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Blantyre were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 409 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blantyre, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in Blantyre.

Where Blantyre ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
645th
Most casualties
676th
Most fatal collisions
497th
Most serious collisions
577th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday182 (15%)
  • Tuesday169 (13%)
  • Wednesday171 (14%)
  • Thursday211 (17%)
  • Friday201 (16%)
  • Saturday164 (13%)
  • Sunday157 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight884 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit356 (28%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,005 (80%)
  • Dual carriageway155 (12%)
  • Roundabout81 (6.5%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph1,110 (88%)
  • 40 mph30 (2.4%)
  • 50 mph10 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph43 (3.4%)
  • 70 mph51 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds919 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds228 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds42 (3.3%)
  • Fine with high winds32 (2.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.3%)
  • Other16 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant649 (43%)
  • Pedestrian555 (37%)
  • Cyclist100 (6.7%)
  • Motorcyclist69 (4.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant39 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant28 (1.9%)
  • Van occupant24 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)14 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blantyre road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blantyre, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blantyre peaked at 59 in 1990; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
2024613
20231012
202244
20211112
2020711
2019911
20181012
20172125
20161920
20151717
20142325
20131924
20121722
20111313
20101719
20091921
20082126
20072935
20062834
20052530
20042223
20033439
20022839
20012027
20003340
19993139
19983745
19972330
19964049
19953544
19943437
19934252
19923030
19913947
19905975
19893543
19884552
19873848
19863941
19854149
19844451
19834855
19824045
19815057
19803440
197956

Map of recent crashes in Blantyre

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blantyre

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blantyre

The 24 most recent collisions in Blantyre happened between 1 February 2022 and 12 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blantyre

The A724 has the most collisions in Blantyre, 341 of 1,255 (27%), followed by the B7012 (121).

Collisions in Blantyre on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA724341396970
2ndB7012121145136
3rdB75898119018
4thA725658639
5thA81111503

Council area for Blantyre

Blantyre is in South Lanarkshire, where police recorded 33,807 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blantyre accounts for 3.7% of them.

Postcode district for Blantyre

Of the 1,255 collisions in Blantyre, 1,254 (99.9%) were in the G72 postcode district.