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Largs road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 579 road traffic collisions in Largs, North Ayrshire, from 1980 to 2025, and 722 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 99 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
579
1,061st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
722
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Serious collisions
99
110 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Largs

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal61%
  • Serious9917%
  • Slight47482%

What the data shows

  • Largs had 37 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 68% fewer than the 114 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Largs were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 130 children under 16 were killed or injured in Largs, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Largs.

Where Largs ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,061st
Most casualties
1,081st
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,154th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday70 (12%)
  • Tuesday81 (14%)
  • Wednesday90 (16%)
  • Thursday63 (11%)
  • Friday90 (16%)
  • Saturday98 (17%)
  • Sunday87 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight424 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit145 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway546 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (2.4%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (2.1%)
  • Roundabout5 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph541 (93%)
  • 40 mph11 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph24 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds428 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds98 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds28 (4.8%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other7 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant329 (46%)
  • Pedestrian242 (34%)
  • Cyclist60 (8.3%)
  • Motorcyclist53 (7.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Van occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Largs road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Largs, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Largs peaked at 27 in 1985; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
202411
202322
202222
2021411
202023
201944
201833
201756
201688
201577
201433
2013910
20121214
20111212
2010910
20091425
20081417
20071826
20061622
20051113
20041318
20031115
20021212
20011723
20001318
19991213
19981417
19972227
19961719
19952226
19941722
19932228
19921720
19911516
19902034
19891820
19882026
19872529
19861516
19852730
19841521
19831517
19821317
19811114
19801417

Map of recent crashes in Largs

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Largs

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Largs

The 24 most recent collisions in Largs happened between 22 July 2018 and 27 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Largs

The A78 has the most collisions in Largs, 282 of 579 (49%), followed by the A760 (12).

Collisions in Largs on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA78282360255
2ndA760121501

Council area for Largs

Largs is in North Ayrshire, where police recorded 14,454 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Largs accounts for 4% of them.

Postcode district for Largs

All 579 collisions in Largs were in the KA30 postcode district.