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Newarthill road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 135 road traffic collisions in Newarthill, North Lanarkshire, from 1980 to 2025, and 183 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 36 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 9 January 2022.

Collisions since 1980
135
2,418th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
183
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
5 people killed
Serious collisions
36
41 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
9 Jan 2022
Busiest year
1981
12 collisions

Road collision statistics for Newarthill

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal32.2%
  • Serious3627%
  • Slight9671%

What the data shows

  • Newarthill had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Newarthill were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 42 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newarthill, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 55% of collisions in Newarthill.

Where Newarthill ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,418th
Most casualties
2,395th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,107th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (11%)
  • Tuesday21 (16%)
  • Wednesday20 (15%)
  • Thursday21 (16%)
  • Friday17 (13%)
  • Saturday27 (20%)
  • Sunday14 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight96 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit34 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (3.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway127 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (5.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph110 (81%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph24 (18%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds93 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (5.9%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other3 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant116 (63%)
  • Pedestrian47 (26%)
  • Van occupant6 (3.3%)
  • Cyclist5 (2.7%)
  • Motorcyclist4 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newarthill road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newarthill, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Newarthill peaked at 12 in 1981; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202300
202213
202100
202013
201922
201845
201700
201612
201511
201411
201323
201200
201122
201011
200922
200822
200734
200633
200500
200423
200337
200222
200123
200012
199945
199833
199744
199623
199555
199422
199333
199222
199145
1990615
198957
198823
198733
198678
198588
198466
1983814
198278
19811218
1980610

Map of recent crashes in Newarthill

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newarthill

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newarthill

The 24 most recent collisions in Newarthill happened between 9 December 2006 and 9 January 2022.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newarthill

The A723 has the most collisions in Newarthill, 59 of 135 (44%), followed by the B7066 (38).

Collisions in Newarthill on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7235978121
2ndB7066384614

Council area for Newarthill

Newarthill is in North Lanarkshire, where police recorded 36,249 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newarthill accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Newarthill

All 135 collisions in Newarthill were in the ML1 postcode district.