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Larkhall road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 937 road traffic collisions in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,144 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 249 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
937
791st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,144
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Serious collisions
249
264 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Larkhall

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal121.3%
  • Serious24927%
  • Slight67672%

What the data shows

  • Larkhall had 92 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 144 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Larkhall were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 280 children under 16 were killed or injured in Larkhall, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Larkhall.

Where Larkhall ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
791st
Most casualties
813th
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
594th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday134 (14%)
  • Tuesday114 (12%)
  • Wednesday140 (15%)
  • Thursday156 (17%)
  • Friday168 (18%)
  • Saturday131 (14%)
  • Sunday94 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight628 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit300 (32%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway884 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway26 (2.8%)
  • Roundabout20 (2.1%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph18 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph891 (95%)
  • 40 mph5 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph19 (2%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds697 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds153 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds40 (4.3%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other16 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant546 (48%)
  • Pedestrian379 (33%)
  • Cyclist69 (6%)
  • Motorcyclist51 (4.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant42 (3.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant28 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant17 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Larkhall road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Larkhall, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Larkhall peaked at 39 in 1981; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251014
202445
202388
202245
202158
20201113
20191011
20181416
20171115
20161520
20151618
20141416
20131417
201266
201189
201078
20092740
20081315
20072330
20061625
2005811
20042527
20033239
20023035
20012942
20002836
19992941
19982935
19972528
19963743
19952130
19941922
19932122
19922325
19912531
19902530
19892828
19882935
19873234
19863042
19852936
19843239
19832628
19822829
19813946
19802027
197924

Map of recent crashes in Larkhall

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Larkhall

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Larkhall

The 24 most recent collisions in Larkhall happened between 1 November 2022 and 4 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Larkhall

The B7078 has the most collisions in Larkhall, 390 of 937 (42%), followed by the B7019 (67).

Collisions in Larkhall on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB70783904785105
2ndB70196785117
3rdA713502
4thB70683301
5thM743400

Council area for Larkhall

Larkhall is in South Lanarkshire, where police recorded 33,807 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Larkhall accounts for 2.8% of them.

Postcode districts in Larkhall

Collisions in Larkhall were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by ML9 (927) and ML10 (10).