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Erskine road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 393 road traffic collisions in Erskine, Renfrewshire, from 1980 to 2025, and 517 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 76 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
393
1,320th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
517
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
15 people killed
Serious collisions
76
88 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Erskine

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal133.3%
  • Serious7619%
  • Slight30477%

What the data shows

  • Erskine had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 64 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Erskine were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 118 children under 16 were killed or injured in Erskine, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in Erskine.

Where Erskine ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,320th
Most casualties
1,296th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
1,352nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (12%)
  • Tuesday66 (17%)
  • Wednesday58 (15%)
  • Thursday66 (17%)
  • Friday52 (13%)
  • Saturday60 (15%)
  • Sunday43 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight281 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit88 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (5.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway332 (84%)
  • Roundabout32 (8.1%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (5.1%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1%)
  • 30 mph259 (66%)
  • 40 mph7 (1.8%)
  • 50 mph29 (7.4%)
  • 60 mph89 (23%)
  • 70 mph5 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds275 (70%)
  • Raining, no high winds73 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (4.3%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (3.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Other9 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant266 (51%)
  • Pedestrian106 (21%)
  • Bus or coach occupant49 (9.5%)
  • Cyclist38 (7.4%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (6.6%)
  • Van occupant15 (2.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Erskine road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Erskine, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Erskine peaked at 19 in 1991; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202411
202311
202211
202111
202045
201923
201844
201777
201646
201533
201457
2013710
201255
201189
2010913
200933
200856
2007911
20061011
20051217
20041318
2003915
200288
20011012
20001719
1999910
19981225
19971825
199659
19951415
19941213
19931111
1992810
19911928
19901516
19891315
1988810
19871013
19861416
19851119
198478
19831627
19821419
19811219
1980510

Map of recent crashes in Erskine

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Erskine

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Erskine

The 24 most recent collisions in Erskine happened between 30 July 2016 and 16 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Erskine

The A726 has the most collisions in Erskine, 69 of 393 (18%), followed by the A8 (53).

Collisions in Erskine on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7266999113
2ndA85385511
3rdB79091003
4thB8154500

Council area for Erskine

Erskine is in Renfrewshire, where police recorded 22,487 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Erskine accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Erskine

Collisions in Erskine were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by PA8 (212) and PA4 (176).