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Holytown road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 405 road traffic collisions in Holytown, North Lanarkshire, from 1980 to 2025, and 543 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 89 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
405
1,296th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
543
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
89
108 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Holytown

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal82%
  • Serious8922%
  • Slight30876%

What the data shows

  • Holytown had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 75 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Holytown were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 93 children under 16 were killed or injured in Holytown, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Holytown.

Where Holytown ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,296th
Most casualties
1,263rd
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,221st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday62 (15%)
  • Tuesday51 (13%)
  • Wednesday62 (15%)
  • Thursday44 (11%)
  • Friday80 (20%)
  • Saturday64 (16%)
  • Sunday42 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight280 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit106 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway314 (78%)
  • Dual carriageway59 (15%)
  • Roundabout30 (7.4%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph304 (75%)
  • 40 mph12 (3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph49 (12%)
  • 70 mph38 (9.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds307 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds48 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (4.4%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (3.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other9 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant319 (59%)
  • Pedestrian125 (23%)
  • Van occupant24 (4.4%)
  • Motorcyclist22 (4.1%)
  • Cyclist21 (3.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Holytown road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Holytown, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Holytown peaked at 16 in 1989; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202434
202344
202255
202133
202045
2019712
201845
201747
201668
201559
201423
2013712
20121114
201168
201044
20091314
2008810
200778
20061215
2005917
20041323
2003911
2002717
20011112
20001014
19991213
19981116
1997811
19961016
19951414
1994915
19931318
19921316
19911213
1990713
19891616
19881117
19871214
1986915
19851617
19841116
19831013
19821116
19811114
1980910

Map of recent crashes in Holytown

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Holytown

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Holytown

The 24 most recent collisions in Holytown happened between 30 September 2020 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Holytown

The A775 has the most collisions in Holytown, 181 of 405 (45%), followed by the B799 (40).

Collisions in Holytown on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA775181232144
2ndB799405719
3rdA8334314
4thA73163403
5thA72571303
6thB706661010
7thM84502
8thA7233411

Council area for Holytown

Holytown is in North Lanarkshire, where police recorded 36,249 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Holytown accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode districts in Holytown

Collisions in Holytown were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by ML1 (371) and ML4 (31).