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Cumbernauld road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,671 road traffic collisions in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,103 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 36 were fatal and 404 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, down from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,671
520th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,103
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
36
40 people killed
Serious collisions
404
439 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cumbernauld

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal362.2%
  • Serious40424%
  • Slight1,23174%

What the data shows

  • Cumbernauld had 153 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 277 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Cumbernauld were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 454 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cumbernauld, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Cumbernauld.

Where Cumbernauld ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
520th
Most casualties
515th
Most fatal collisions
292nd
Most serious collisions
408th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday218 (13%)
  • Tuesday232 (14%)
  • Wednesday236 (14%)
  • Thursday259 (15%)
  • Friday286 (17%)
  • Saturday250 (15%)
  • Sunday190 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,155 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit442 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting41 (2.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit20 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,156 (69%)
  • Dual carriageway346 (21%)
  • Roundabout114 (6.8%)
  • One way street or slip road36 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded19 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph22 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph696 (42%)
  • 40 mph294 (18%)
  • 50 mph96 (5.7%)
  • 60 mph402 (24%)
  • 70 mph160 (9.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,220 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds255 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds62 (3.7%)
  • Fine with high winds40 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds27 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist16 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.3%)
  • Other35 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,108 (53%)
  • Pedestrian514 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist124 (5.9%)
  • Cyclist105 (5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant81 (3.9%)
  • Van occupant59 (2.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant57 (2.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)33 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cumbernauld road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cumbernauld, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cumbernauld peaked at 73 in 1989; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202589
20241417
20231521
20221112
2021810
202079
20191719
20181923
20172228
20163246
20152529
20141721
20132223
20122028
20112936
20103235
20093242
20082632
20074166
20063347
20053041
20043036
20033036
20023438
20015063
20005476
19994867
19985068
19974564
19965174
19954049
19943849
19933947
19925267
19914657
19904859
19897383
19885764
19873744
19865869
19854655
19845157
19835261
19826880
19816888
19804049
197969

Map of recent crashes in Cumbernauld

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cumbernauld

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cumbernauld

The 24 most recent collisions in Cumbernauld happened between 5 December 2023 and 19 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cumbernauld

The A8011 has the most collisions in Cumbernauld, 173 of 1,671 (10%), followed by the A80 (106).

Collisions in Cumbernauld on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8011173222340
2ndA80106153227
3rdB8027097119
4thM80365004
5thB8048233604
6thB816223006
7thB8039172002
8thB8054121620
9thB80117803

Council area for Cumbernauld

Cumbernauld is in North Lanarkshire, where police recorded 36,249 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cumbernauld accounts for 4.6% of them.

Postcode districts in Cumbernauld

Collisions in Cumbernauld were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by G67 (1,267) and G68 (404).