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Linwood road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 470 road traffic collisions in Linwood, Renfrewshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 561 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 135 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
470
1,205th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
561
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
135
142 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Linwood

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.3%
  • Serious13529%
  • Slight32970%

What the data shows

  • Linwood had 38 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 61 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Linwood were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 187 children under 16 were killed or injured in Linwood, 33% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Linwood.

Where Linwood ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,205th
Most casualties
1,248th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
938th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday66 (14%)
  • Tuesday69 (15%)
  • Wednesday69 (15%)
  • Thursday65 (14%)
  • Friday81 (17%)
  • Saturday80 (17%)
  • Sunday40 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight310 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit149 (32%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway428 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (4.3%)
  • Roundabout17 (3.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph439 (93%)
  • 40 mph10 (2.1%)
  • 60 mph18 (3.8%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds350 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds79 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (3.4%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other6 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian233 (42%)
  • Car occupant190 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist44 (7.8%)
  • Cyclist40 (7.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant30 (5.3%)
  • Van occupant15 (2.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Linwood road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Linwood, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Linwood peaked at 24 in 1981; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202433
202323
202234
202100
202033
201945
201888
201733
201689
2015810
201446
201378
201277
201136
201045
200955
200856
2007812
20061012
200544
20041214
2003912
20021216
2001910
2000812
199968
199855
1997711
19961313
19951214
19941317
19931419
19921720
19911719
19902121
19892328
19881924
19871415
19861111
19852123
19842024
19831523
19821921
19812428
19802122
197956

Map of recent crashes in Linwood

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Linwood

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Linwood

The 24 most recent collisions in Linwood happened between 19 May 2018 and 22 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Linwood

The A761 has the most collisions in Linwood, 75 of 470 (16%), followed by the A740 (3).

Collisions in Linwood on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7617593219
2ndA7403302

Council area for Linwood

Linwood is in Renfrewshire, where police recorded 22,487 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Linwood accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode districts in Linwood

Collisions in Linwood were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by PA3 (462) and PA5 (8).