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Helensburgh road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 980 road traffic collisions in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,268 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 224 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
980
769th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,268
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
15 people killed
Serious collisions
224
261 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Helensburgh

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal131.3%
  • Serious22423%
  • Slight74376%

What the data shows

  • Helensburgh had 64 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 142 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Helensburgh were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 181 children under 16 were killed or injured in Helensburgh, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 48% of collisions in Helensburgh.

Where Helensburgh ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
769th
Most casualties
751st
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
659th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday137 (14%)
  • Tuesday150 (15%)
  • Wednesday125 (13%)
  • Thursday178 (18%)
  • Friday143 (15%)
  • Saturday140 (14%)
  • Sunday107 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight710 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit238 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway906 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway54 (5.5%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (1.4%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph911 (93%)
  • 40 mph17 (1.7%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph43 (4.4%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds665 (68%)
  • Raining, no high winds200 (20%)
  • Raining with high winds60 (6.1%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (2%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Other17 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant738 (58%)
  • Pedestrian274 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist105 (8.3%)
  • Cyclist91 (7.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant21 (1.7%)
  • Van occupant15 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Helensburgh road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Helensburgh, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Helensburgh peaked at 49 in 1990; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202469
202355
202234
202178
2020711
201957
201869
2017811
20161112
20151517
2014714
20131014
20121520
20111417
20101825
20091618
20081418
20071114
20062227
20053640
20041625
20031724
20022238
20012328
20002428
19992742
19982230
19973139
19962430
19953342
19942630
19932026
19922738
19913743
19904951
19893143
19883750
19872532
19864052
19854357
19842729
19832834
19823846
19814356
19802748
197911

Map of recent crashes in Helensburgh

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Helensburgh

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Helensburgh

The 24 most recent collisions in Helensburgh happened between 25 August 2021 and 20 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Helensburgh

The A814 has the most collisions in Helensburgh, 220 of 980 (22%), followed by the B832 (101).

Collisions in Helensburgh on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA814220295647
2ndB832101139322
3rdA818171804

Council area for Helensburgh

Helensburgh is in Argyll and Bute, where police recorded 14,301 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Helensburgh accounts for 6.8% of them.

Postcode district for Helensburgh

All 980 collisions in Helensburgh were in the G84 postcode district.