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Cambuslang road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,573 road traffic collisions in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,273 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 35 were fatal and 604 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 19 collisions, up from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,573
381st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,273
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
35
38 people killed
Serious collisions
604
667 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
19
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
20
15 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cambuslang

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal351.4%
  • Serious60423%
  • Slight1,93475%

What the data shows

  • Cambuslang had 178 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 369 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Cambuslang were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 786 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cambuslang, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Cambuslang.

Where Cambuslang ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
381st
Most casualties
374th
Most fatal collisions
297th
Most serious collisions
288th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday356 (14%)
  • Tuesday365 (14%)
  • Wednesday390 (15%)
  • Thursday372 (14%)
  • Friday429 (17%)
  • Saturday374 (15%)
  • Sunday287 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,802 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit730 (28%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit16 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,886 (73%)
  • Dual carriageway595 (23%)
  • Roundabout47 (1.8%)
  • One way street or slip road32 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph20 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph2,361 (92%)
  • 40 mph129 (5%)
  • 50 mph15 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph44 (1.7%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,864 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds447 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds113 (4.4%)
  • Fine with high winds54 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds20 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.2%)
  • Other48 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,562 (48%)
  • Pedestrian1,064 (33%)
  • Bus or coach occupant206 (6.3%)
  • Cyclist139 (4.2%)
  • Motorcyclist136 (4.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant67 (2%)
  • Van occupant47 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant19 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cambuslang road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cambuslang, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cambuslang peaked at 170 in 1989; 2025 had 19.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 19
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251920
20241215
20231824
202288
20211014
20201012
20193137
20182431
20171619
20163033
20153442
20143336
20133645
20123465
20113452
20102943
20094150
20084455
20073239
20065263
20056275
20046375
20034954
20026178
20016987
20006286
19996387
19986188
19976079
19965976
19956378
19946897
19936585
19927797
19918297
1990138174
1989170217
1988109151
19877489
198696107
198586117
19847495
198391105
19826677
198194118
19805976
197955

Map of recent crashes in Cambuslang

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cambuslang

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cambuslang

The 24 most recent collisions in Cambuslang happened between 31 May 2024 and 10 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cambuslang

The A724 has the most collisions in Cambuslang, 537 of 2,573 (21%), followed by the A749 (329).

Collisions in Cambuslang on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA72453765615133
2ndA749329431961
3rdB759125185119
4thB76299129122
5thA73072108022
6thA763324104
7thA89313908
8thA762151713
9thA74131804
10thA8131703
11thA80291001
12thA75981205
13thA8038803
14thB8088802
15thA7266902
16thB7636602

Council area for Cambuslang

Cambuslang is in South Lanarkshire, where police recorded 33,807 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cambuslang accounts for 7.6% of them.

Postcode districts in Cambuslang

Collisions in Cambuslang were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by G72 (1,628) and G73 (943).