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Gourock road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 804 road traffic collisions in Gourock, Inverclyde, from 1979 to 2025, and 988 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 154 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
804
875th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
988
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
11 people killed
Serious collisions
154
162 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Gourock

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.4%
  • Serious15419%
  • Slight63979%

What the data shows

  • Gourock had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 64% fewer than the 143 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Gourock were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 169 children under 16 were killed or injured in Gourock, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 44% of collisions in Gourock.

Where Gourock ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
875th
Most casualties
888th
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
841st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday102 (13%)
  • Tuesday104 (13%)
  • Wednesday105 (13%)
  • Thursday125 (16%)
  • Friday130 (16%)
  • Saturday135 (17%)
  • Sunday103 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight582 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit211 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway752 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway34 (4.2%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (1.1%)
  • Roundabout5 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph790 (98%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph7 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds557 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds164 (20%)
  • Raining with high winds50 (6.2%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other12 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant474 (48%)
  • Pedestrian279 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist77 (7.8%)
  • Cyclist65 (6.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant53 (5.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant18 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant8 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Gourock road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Gourock, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Gourock peaked at 34 in 1984; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202456
202322
202257
202122
202022
201967
201868
20171113
201667
2015912
2014810
20131010
20121216
20111113
20101924
20091517
20082126
20072226
20061620
20051822
20041927
20032529
20022024
20011718
20002026
19992122
19982532
19972327
19961826
19952740
19942533
19932230
19922228
19912125
19902935
19892936
19882324
19871935
19862526
19853037
19843442
19832426
19822425
19812937
19801516
197955

Map of recent crashes in Gourock

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Gourock

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Gourock

The 24 most recent collisions in Gourock happened between 10 December 2019 and 1 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Gourock

The A770 has the most collisions in Gourock, 341 of 804 (42%), followed by the A8 (32).

Collisions in Gourock on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA770341432562
2ndA8323617
3rdA78272803
4thA776701

Council area for Gourock

Gourock is in Inverclyde, where police recorded 10,556 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Gourock accounts for 7.6% of them.

Postcode districts in Gourock

Collisions in Gourock were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by PA19 (750) and PA16 (54).