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Port Glasgow road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,511 road traffic collisions in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,863 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 325 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,511
566th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,863
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
20 people killed
Serious collisions
325
339 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Port Glasgow

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.3%
  • Serious32522%
  • Slight1,16677%

What the data shows

  • Port Glasgow had 84 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 60% fewer than the 209 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Port Glasgow were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 539 children under 16 were killed or injured in Port Glasgow, 29% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in Port Glasgow.

Where Port Glasgow ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
566th
Most casualties
573rd
Most fatal collisions
497th
Most serious collisions
472nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday219 (14%)
  • Tuesday201 (13%)
  • Wednesday212 (14%)
  • Thursday239 (16%)
  • Friday253 (17%)
  • Saturday214 (14%)
  • Sunday173 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,136 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit347 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,039 (69%)
  • Dual carriageway347 (23%)
  • Roundabout73 (4.8%)
  • One way street or slip road41 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph1,221 (81%)
  • 40 mph245 (16%)
  • 60 mph31 (2.1%)
  • 70 mph9 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,029 (68%)
  • Raining, no high winds312 (21%)
  • Raining with high winds86 (5.7%)
  • Fine with high winds41 (2.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.2%)
  • Other18 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant764 (41%)
  • Pedestrian649 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist147 (7.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant132 (7.1%)
  • Cyclist73 (3.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant47 (2.5%)
  • Van occupant24 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Port Glasgow road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Port Glasgow, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Port Glasgow peaked at 75 in 1981; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202479
2023611
202256
202122
202044
20192328
201877
20171114
20161517
20151721
20141418
20131014
20121516
20112839
20102529
20092430
20082328
20073136
20062228
20052024
20042328
20032130
20023646
20013344
20003344
19993344
19985362
19974148
19964647
19954154
19945157
19933646
19926593
19914965
19905381
19895059
19885165
19875672
19866774
19857278
19846064
19835867
19826284
19817589
19803034
197933

Map of recent crashes in Port Glasgow

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Port Glasgow

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Port Glasgow

The 24 most recent collisions in Port Glasgow happened between 30 April 2021 and 9 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Port Glasgow

The A8 has the most collisions in Port Glasgow, 346 of 1,511 (23%), followed by the A761 (209).

Collisions in Port Glasgow on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA83464711081
2ndA761209253146
3rdA763301

Council area for Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow is in Inverclyde, where police recorded 10,556 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Port Glasgow accounts for 14% of them.

Postcode districts in Port Glasgow

Collisions in Port Glasgow were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by PA14 (1,286) and PA15 (225).