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Overtown road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 129 road traffic collisions in Overtown, North Lanarkshire, from 1980 to 2025, and 154 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 34 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 19 January 2023.

Collisions since 1980
129
2,482nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
154
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
34
34 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
19 Jan 2023
Busiest year
2001
8 collisions

Road collision statistics for Overtown

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal10.8%
  • Serious3426%
  • Slight9473%

What the data shows

  • Overtown had 10 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 15 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Overtown were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 55 children under 16 were killed or injured in Overtown, 36% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Overtown.

Where Overtown ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,482nd
Most casualties
2,635th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (15%)
  • Tuesday22 (17%)
  • Wednesday22 (17%)
  • Thursday21 (16%)
  • Friday19 (15%)
  • Saturday17 (13%)
  • Sunday9 (7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight106 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit18 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway119 (92%)
  • Roundabout6 (4.7%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (3.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph119 (92%)
  • 60 mph10 (7.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds100 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds14 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (3.1%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (3.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant73 (47%)
  • Pedestrian53 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist11 (7.1%)
  • Cyclist10 (6.5%)
  • Van occupant5 (3.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Overtown road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Overtown, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Overtown peaked at 8 in 2001; 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
202311
202211
202100
202011
201900
201844
201722
201611
201500
201423
201300
201223
201111
201011
200934
200822
200711
200633
200544
200411
200312
200200
200189
200025
199922
199855
199722
199633
199545
199444
199311
1992710
199168
199078
198966
198868
198723
198666
198533
198444
198344
198255
1981512
198066

Map of recent crashes in Overtown

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Overtown

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Overtown

The 24 most recent collisions in Overtown happened between 29 August 2006 and 19 January 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Overtown

The A71 has the most collisions in Overtown, 60 of 129 (47%), followed by the B754 (44).

Collisions in Overtown on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA716068017
2ndB7544456110
3rdA7213301

Council area for Overtown

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

Postcode district for Overtown

All 129 collisions in Overtown were in the ML2 postcode district.