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Shotts road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 541 road traffic collisions in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 694 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 161 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
541
1,104th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
694
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
161
177 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Shotts

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.8%
  • Serious16130%
  • Slight37068%

What the data shows

  • Shotts had 38 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 72 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in Shotts were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 209 children under 16 were killed or injured in Shotts, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Shotts.

Where Shotts ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,104th
Most casualties
1,107th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
821st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday87 (16%)
  • Tuesday66 (12%)
  • Wednesday77 (14%)
  • Thursday67 (12%)
  • Friday85 (16%)
  • Saturday92 (17%)
  • Sunday67 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight371 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit153 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway514 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (2%)
  • Roundabout11 (2%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph511 (94%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph21 (3.9%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds408 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds68 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds33 (6.1%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (2%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Other5 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant285 (41%)
  • Pedestrian266 (38%)
  • Motorcyclist44 (6.3%)
  • Cyclist35 (5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant15 (2.2%)
  • Minibus occupant12 (1.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Shotts road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Shotts, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Shotts peaked at 29 in 1980; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202433
202345
202249
202122
202046
201922
201866
201767
201633
201524
201422
2013911
2012714
201155
201099
200967
20081015
200788
20061422
20051315
200469
200357
200255
20011522
20002833
1999913
19981415
19971618
19961722
19951522
19941619
19931516
19921820
19911820
19901617
19891515
1988910
19871317
19861924
19851923
19842022
19831719
19822534
19811933
19802948
19792031

Map of recent crashes in Shotts

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Shotts

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Shotts

The 24 most recent collisions in Shotts happened between 14 December 2018 and 9 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Shotts

The B7010 has the most collisions in Shotts, 62 of 541 (11%), followed by the B717 (62).

Collisions in Shotts on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB70106272019
2ndB7176297321
3rdA7171406
4thM83701

Council area for Shotts

Shotts is in North Lanarkshire, where police recorded 36,249 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Shotts accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Shotts

All 541 collisions in Shotts were in the ML7 postcode district.