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Irvine road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,829 road traffic collisions in Irvine, North Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,259 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 33 were fatal and 466 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, down from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,829
489th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,259
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
33
33 people killed
Serious collisions
466
512 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
15 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Irvine

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal331.8%
  • Serious46625%
  • Slight1,33073%

What the data shows

  • Irvine had 159 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 269 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Irvine were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 595 children under 16 were killed or injured in Irvine, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Irvine.

Where Irvine ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
489th
Most casualties
493rd
Most fatal collisions
310th
Most serious collisions
357th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday239 (13%)
  • Tuesday248 (14%)
  • Wednesday271 (15%)
  • Thursday252 (14%)
  • Friday328 (18%)
  • Saturday296 (16%)
  • Sunday195 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,328 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit465 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,531 (84%)
  • Roundabout136 (7.4%)
  • Dual carriageway130 (7.1%)
  • One way street or slip road21 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 15 mph5 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph9 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph1,586 (87%)
  • 40 mph110 (6%)
  • 50 mph8 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph67 (3.7%)
  • 70 mph42 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,371 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds297 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds66 (3.6%)
  • Fine with high winds47 (2.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Other22 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant928 (41%)
  • Pedestrian739 (33%)
  • Cyclist188 (8.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant177 (7.8%)
  • Motorcyclist136 (6%)
  • Van occupant41 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant31 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Irvine road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Irvine, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Irvine peaked at 83 in 1989; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251013
20241415
20231822
20221516
2021910
20201111
20191011
20182938
20171821
20162528
20152431
20142330
20132630
20122222
20113240
20102325
20092436
20083445
20073039
20063138
20054346
20044964
20034251
20024151
20013846
20003545
19994964
19984357
19974054
19964250
19955772
19944046
19935062
19925469
19914763
19907081
19898393
19886581
19876382
19865163
19856575
19847386
19837995
19826897
19816178
19803852
19791515

Map of recent crashes in Irvine

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Irvine

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Irvine

The 24 most recent collisions in Irvine happened between 13 January 2024 and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Irvine

The A737 has the most collisions in Irvine, 240 of 1,829 (13%), followed by the B7081 (167).

Collisions in Irvine on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA737240310255
2ndB7081167203545
3rdA736166217443
4thA71109140232
5thA7879102219
6thB70803649011
7thB730283318
8thB769172009
9thA7383301
10thB7083300

Council area for Irvine

Irvine is in North Ayrshire, where police recorded 14,454 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Irvine accounts for 13% of them.

Postcode districts in Irvine

Collisions in Irvine were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by KA12 (1,306) and KA11 (523).