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Kilwinning road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 813 road traffic collisions in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 997 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 222 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
813
866th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
997
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
13 people killed
Serious collisions
222
236 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kilwinning

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal131.6%
  • Serious22227%
  • Slight57871%

What the data shows

  • Kilwinning had 67 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 122 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Kilwinning were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 282 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kilwinning, 28% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Kilwinning.

Where Kilwinning ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
866th
Most casualties
884th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
662nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday122 (15%)
  • Tuesday128 (16%)
  • Wednesday117 (14%)
  • Thursday114 (14%)
  • Friday143 (18%)
  • Saturday110 (14%)
  • Sunday79 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight579 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit222 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway757 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway31 (3.8%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (1.5%)
  • Roundabout11 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph739 (91%)
  • 40 mph33 (4.1%)
  • 60 mph32 (3.9%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds617 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds130 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds36 (4.4%)
  • Fine with high winds19 (2.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant416 (42%)
  • Pedestrian355 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist75 (7.5%)
  • Cyclist70 (7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant36 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant19 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kilwinning road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kilwinning, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kilwinning peaked at 36 in 1982; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202478
2023913
202257
202166
202044
2019910
201889
201756
20161116
20151115
2014912
2013811
20121012
20111719
201099
2009911
20081414
20071518
20062026
20051717
20042330
20031721
20021823
20012125
20002023
19992125
19981923
19971214
19962437
19953138
19942730
19932430
19923140
19912021
19902735
19893442
19883239
19872329
19862123
19853136
19842529
19833440
19823653
19811315
19801724
197966

Map of recent crashes in Kilwinning

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kilwinning

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kilwinning

The 24 most recent collisions in Kilwinning happened between 13 May 2022 and 21 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kilwinning

The A737 has the most collisions in Kilwinning, 261 of 813 (32%), followed by the A738 (114).

Collisions in Kilwinning on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA737261341268
2ndA738114132226
3rdB7795866319
4thB778324317
5thB785223017
6thA78101103

Council area for Kilwinning

Kilwinning is in North Ayrshire, where police recorded 14,454 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kilwinning accounts for 5.6% of them.

Postcode districts in Kilwinning

Collisions in Kilwinning were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by KA13 (806) and KA20 (7).