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Lanark road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 634 road traffic collisions in Lanark, South Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 765 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 141 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
634
1,002nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
765
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
141
153 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lanark

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.4%
  • Serious14122%
  • Slight48476%

What the data shows

  • Lanark had 51 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 106 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Lanark were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 183 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lanark, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in Lanark.

Where Lanark ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,002nd
Most casualties
1,036th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
905th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday100 (16%)
  • Tuesday99 (16%)
  • Wednesday93 (15%)
  • Thursday81 (13%)
  • Friday104 (16%)
  • Saturday94 (15%)
  • Sunday63 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight505 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit116 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway535 (84%)
  • Dual carriageway77 (12%)
  • Roundabout10 (1.6%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph569 (90%)
  • 40 mph22 (3.5%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph36 (5.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds480 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds104 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Other11 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant333 (44%)
  • Pedestrian318 (42%)
  • Cyclist41 (5.4%)
  • Motorcyclist29 (3.8%)
  • Van occupant15 (2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lanark road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lanark, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lanark peaked at 26 in 1996; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202467
202368
202233
202122
202056
201977
201855
201755
2016910
201533
20141417
20131012
201299
20111216
2010911
20091113
2008910
20071316
20061624
20051013
20041519
20031315
20021517
20011621
20001720
19991415
19981418
19971315
19962638
19951926
19942022
19932629
19922531
19911923
19901722
19892632
19881518
19871720
19862424
19852326
19841014
19832632
19822022
19812027
19801516
197923

Map of recent crashes in Lanark

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lanark

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lanark

The 24 most recent collisions in Lanark happened between 11 August 2020 and 15 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lanark

The A73 has the most collisions in Lanark, 195 of 634 (31%), followed by the A743 (164).

Collisions in Lanark on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA73195250341
2ndA743164195333
3rdB70174751215
4thA7063149010
5thA72101104

Council area for Lanark

Lanark is in South Lanarkshire, where police recorded 33,807 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lanark accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Lanark

All 634 collisions in Lanark were in the ML11 postcode district.