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Saltcoats road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 934 road traffic collisions in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,147 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 236 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
934
792nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,147
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
12 people killed
Serious collisions
236
259 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Saltcoats

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.2%
  • Serious23625%
  • Slight68774%

What the data shows

  • Saltcoats had 69 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 146 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Saltcoats were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 297 children under 16 were killed or injured in Saltcoats, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Saltcoats.

Where Saltcoats ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
792nd
Most casualties
812th
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
620th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday115 (12%)
  • Tuesday120 (13%)
  • Wednesday138 (15%)
  • Thursday157 (17%)
  • Friday141 (15%)
  • Saturday169 (18%)
  • Sunday94 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight650 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit273 (29%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway847 (91%)
  • One way street or slip road42 (4.5%)
  • Dual carriageway33 (3.5%)
  • Roundabout5 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph3 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph842 (90%)
  • 40 mph78 (8.4%)
  • 60 mph10 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds683 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds158 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds41 (4.4%)
  • Fine with high winds32 (3.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Other10 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian462 (40%)
  • Car occupant440 (38%)
  • Motorcyclist85 (7.4%)
  • Cyclist73 (6.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant38 (3.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant26 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant12 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Saltcoats road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Saltcoats, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Saltcoats peaked at 38 in 1983; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202537
202455
202335
202246
202177
202044
20191015
2018910
20171111
20161313
20151013
20141417
20131719
20121219
20111417
2010810
20091114
20081820
20072022
20062224
20051113
20042528
20032325
20022025
20012027
20002325
19992526
19982027
19972227
19962831
19952941
19942937
19932731
19922123
19913339
19903438
19893240
19882531
19873539
19862936
19853547
19843751
19833841
19822542
19813854
19803444
197911

Map of recent crashes in Saltcoats

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Saltcoats

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Saltcoats

The 24 most recent collisions in Saltcoats happened between 23 June 2020 and 19 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Saltcoats

The A738 has the most collisions in Saltcoats, 169 of 934 (18%), followed by the A78 (152).

Collisions in Saltcoats on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA738169213349
2ndA78152207346
3rdB780374609
4thB7143651110

Council area for Saltcoats

Saltcoats is in North Ayrshire, where police recorded 14,454 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Saltcoats accounts for 6.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Saltcoats

Collisions in Saltcoats were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by KA21 (914) and KA20 (19).