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Newmains road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 463 road traffic collisions in Newmains, North Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 581 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 134 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
463
1,216th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
581
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
134
143 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newmains

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.7%
  • Serious13429%
  • Slight32169%

What the data shows

  • Newmains had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 83 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in Newmains were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 155 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newmains, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in Newmains.

Where Newmains ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,216th
Most casualties
1,223rd
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
940th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday64 (14%)
  • Tuesday64 (14%)
  • Wednesday59 (13%)
  • Thursday66 (14%)
  • Friday88 (19%)
  • Saturday67 (14%)
  • Sunday55 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight325 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit125 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway393 (85%)
  • Roundabout36 (7.8%)
  • Dual carriageway30 (6.5%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph421 (91%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.9%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph29 (6.3%)
  • 70 mph6 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds342 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds78 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (3.2%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (1.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant287 (49%)
  • Pedestrian204 (35%)
  • Cyclist27 (4.6%)
  • Motorcyclist23 (4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant14 (2.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newmains road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newmains, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newmains peaked at 20 in 1985; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202466
202311
202244
202133
202045
201966
201844
201756
2016611
201589
201469
201389
2012816
2011810
201045
200978
20081217
20071215
20061014
20051012
20041519
200356
20021012
20011221
20001517
1999912
19981113
1997912
19961120
19951320
199489
199356
199279
19911924
19901821
19891011
19881824
19871620
19861818
19852022
19841617
19831717
19821212
19811927
19801416
197946

Map of recent crashes in Newmains

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newmains

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newmains

The 24 most recent collisions in Newmains happened between 28 January 2019 and 25 October 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newmains

The A73 has the most collisions in Newmains, 147 of 463 (32%), followed by the A722 (81).

Collisions in Newmains on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA73147204242
2ndA7228197225
3rdA715470015
4thA7214401

Council area for Newmains

Newmains is in North Lanarkshire, where police recorded 36,249 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newmains accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Newmains

All 463 collisions in Newmains were in the ML2 postcode district.