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Carluke road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 704 road traffic collisions in Carluke, South Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 896 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 162 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
704
941st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
896
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
162
169 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Carluke

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71%
  • Serious16223%
  • Slight53576%

What the data shows

  • Carluke had 68 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 113 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Carluke were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 213 children under 16 were killed or injured in Carluke, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 48% of collisions in Carluke.

Where Carluke ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
941st
Most casualties
933rd
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
813th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday94 (13%)
  • Tuesday98 (14%)
  • Wednesday86 (12%)
  • Thursday118 (17%)
  • Friday117 (17%)
  • Saturday108 (15%)
  • Sunday83 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight499 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit191 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway655 (93%)
  • Roundabout21 (3%)
  • Dual carriageway18 (2.6%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded7 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph614 (87%)
  • 40 mph52 (7.4%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph33 (4.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds525 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds114 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds24 (3.4%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (1.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Other17 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant460 (51%)
  • Pedestrian266 (30%)
  • Cyclist56 (6.3%)
  • Motorcyclist38 (4.2%)
  • Van occupant31 (3.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant21 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Carluke road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Carluke, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Carluke peaked at 30 in 1992; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025810
202411
2023711
202212
202125
202067
201978
20181013
2017914
20161725
20151014
2014915
20131115
2012910
2011811
20101519
200989
200899
20071617
20061826
20052023
20041519
20031417
20021317
20011619
20002223
19991419
19982337
19971824
19962026
19951922
19942125
19932934
19923036
19912024
19902225
19891921
19881929
19872023
19862330
19852433
19842836
19831521
19821725
19812428
19801617
197922

Map of recent crashes in Carluke

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Carluke

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Carluke

The 24 most recent collisions in Carluke happened between 4 February 2020 and 3 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Carluke

The A73 has the most collisions in Carluke, 295 of 704 (42%), followed by the A721 (112).

Collisions in Carluke on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA73295407469
2ndA721112138225
3rdB70565601

Council area for Carluke

Carluke is in South Lanarkshire, where police recorded 33,807 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Carluke accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode district for Carluke

All 704 collisions in Carluke were in the ML8 postcode district.