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Prestwick road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 812 road traffic collisions in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 974 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 187 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
812
868th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
974
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
187
200 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Prestwick

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81%
  • Serious18723%
  • Slight61776%

What the data shows

  • Prestwick had 68 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 104 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Prestwick were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 177 children under 16 were killed or injured in Prestwick, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Prestwick.

Where Prestwick ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
868th
Most casualties
894th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
732nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday106 (13%)
  • Tuesday127 (16%)
  • Wednesday118 (15%)
  • Thursday121 (15%)
  • Friday144 (18%)
  • Saturday122 (15%)
  • Sunday74 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight612 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit186 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway710 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway74 (9.1%)
  • Roundabout22 (2.7%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph726 (89%)
  • 40 mph44 (5.4%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph17 (2.1%)
  • 70 mph19 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds604 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds123 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds45 (5.5%)
  • Fine with high winds24 (3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant444 (46%)
  • Pedestrian251 (26%)
  • Cyclist112 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist99 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant36 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant13 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Prestwick road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Prestwick, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Prestwick peaked at 40 in 1981; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202478
202355
20221010
202155
202057
201988
201833
20171214
20161114
201577
20141011
2013810
2012910
201178
201078
20091416
20081518
20071313
20061415
20051216
20041518
20032223
20021418
20013745
20002628
19992530
19981616
19972633
19962539
19951515
19942021
19932129
19921823
19912022
19902429
19892833
19883037
19872529
19862937
19852936
19842834
19833138
19823648
19814044
19802534
197937

Map of recent crashes in Prestwick

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Prestwick

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Prestwick

The 24 most recent collisions in Prestwick happened between 12 February 2022 and 2 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Prestwick

The A79 has the most collisions in Prestwick, 361 of 812 (44%), followed by the B739 (12).

Collisions in Prestwick on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA79361428582
2ndB739122313
3rdA71971000
4thA784402
5thA773600

Council area for Prestwick

Prestwick is in South Ayrshire, where police recorded 13,607 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Prestwick accounts for 6% of them.

Postcode districts in Prestwick

Collisions in Prestwick were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by KA9 (807) and KA8 (5).