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Falkirk road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,749 road traffic collisions in Falkirk from 1980 to 2025, and 3,405 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 27 were fatal and 655 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 11 collisions, down from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
2,749
356th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,405
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
27
30 people killed
Serious collisions
655
704 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
11
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Falkirk

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal271%
  • Serious65524%
  • Slight2,06775%

What the data shows

  • Falkirk had 201 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 477 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Falkirk were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 601 children under 16 were killed or injured in Falkirk, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Falkirk.

Where Falkirk ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
356th
Most casualties
360th
Most fatal collisions
380th
Most serious collisions
270th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday394 (14%)
  • Tuesday349 (13%)
  • Wednesday382 (14%)
  • Thursday406 (15%)
  • Friday491 (18%)
  • Saturday476 (17%)
  • Sunday251 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,930 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit771 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown26 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,261 (82%)
  • One way street or slip road283 (10%)
  • Roundabout102 (3.7%)
  • Dual carriageway68 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded35 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph7 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph17 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph2,678 (97%)
  • 40 mph27 (1%)
  • 60 mph16 (0.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,031 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds456 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds70 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds47 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds26 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other69 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded43 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,404 (41%)
  • Pedestrian1,029 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist292 (8.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant291 (8.5%)
  • Cyclist240 (7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant70 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant35 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant22 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Falkirk road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Falkirk, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Falkirk peaked at 112 in 1982; 2025 had 11.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251112
20241214
20232433
20221212
20211821
20201013
20192228
20181926
20173337
20164054
20154451
20143039
20134448
20125060
20115471
20103542
20096075
20084247
20075463
20066484
20054248
20043647
20036979
20026174
20015159
20007899
199983104
19988098
199780113
199682108
19955067
19947083
19937683
19927492
199176121
199099124
198988104
19887894
198789129
198690106
1985108124
1984110129
198397109
1982112135
198186107
1980106139

Map of recent crashes in Falkirk

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Falkirk

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Falkirk

The 24 most recent collisions in Falkirk happened between 3 December 2023 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Falkirk

The B902 has the most collisions in Falkirk, 393 of 2,749 (14%), followed by the A803 (365).

Collisions in Falkirk on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB902393485690
2ndA803365440383
3rdA904301403579
4thB803124175133
5thB8080115143220
6thB90599117237
7thA9273402
8thB8028203205
9thB816141705
10thA90281112
11thB8086801
12thB9204400
13thA9053301

Council area for Falkirk

Falkirk is in Falkirk, where police recorded 14,663 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Falkirk accounts for 19% of them.

Postcode districts in Falkirk

Collisions in Falkirk were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by FK1 (1,489) and FK2 (1,260).