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Polmont road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 671 road traffic collisions in Polmont, Falkirk, from 1980 to 2025, and 831 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 187 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1980
671
972nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
831
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
187
206 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Polmont

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal101.5%
  • Serious18728%
  • Slight47471%

What the data shows

  • Polmont had 65 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 117 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Polmont were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 215 children under 16 were killed or injured in Polmont, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Polmont.

Where Polmont ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
972nd
Most casualties
983rd
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
732nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday95 (14%)
  • Tuesday102 (15%)
  • Wednesday83 (12%)
  • Thursday100 (15%)
  • Friday122 (18%)
  • Saturday94 (14%)
  • Sunday75 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight495 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit160 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway633 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway21 (3.1%)
  • Roundabout8 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph632 (94%)
  • 40 mph10 (1.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph14 (2.1%)
  • 70 mph11 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds532 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds73 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (2.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (1.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Other16 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded7 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant407 (49%)
  • Pedestrian197 (24%)
  • Cyclist78 (9.4%)
  • Motorcyclist66 (7.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant39 (4.7%)
  • Van occupant27 (3.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Polmont road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Polmont, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Polmont peaked at 31 in 1988; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202433
202368
202245
2021711
202077
201945
20181215
201777
20161117
20151115
20141416
2013710
20121220
2011913
20101112
20091720
20081214
20071621
200688
20051720
20041011
20031112
20021619
20011417
20001820
1999914
19982231
19972024
19961926
19951720
19941523
19931112
19922127
19912223
19902023
19892327
19883139
19871821
19862024
19852435
19842631
19832634
19822022
19812729
19801216

Map of recent crashes in Polmont

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Polmont

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Polmont

The 24 most recent collisions in Polmont happened between 29 January 2021 and 22 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Polmont

The B805 has the most collisions in Polmont, 167 of 671 (25%), followed by the B810 (87).

Collisions in Polmont on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB805167221356
2ndB81087110122
3rdA8037998324
4thM9111902
5thB90471103

Council area for Polmont

Polmont is in Falkirk, where police recorded 14,663 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Polmont accounts for 4.6% of them.

Postcode district for Polmont

All 671 collisions in Polmont were in the FK2 postcode district.