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Wishaw road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,488 road traffic collisions in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,070 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 29 were fatal and 533 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 16 collisions, down from 19 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,488
389th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,070
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
29
30 people killed
Serious collisions
533
555 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
19 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
21
Down 9% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Wishaw

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal291.2%
  • Serious53321%
  • Slight1,92677%

What the data shows

  • Wishaw had 198 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 436 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Wishaw were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 829 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wishaw, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Wishaw.

Where Wishaw ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
389th
Most casualties
393rd
Most fatal collisions
358th
Most serious collisions
322nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday324 (13%)
  • Tuesday325 (13%)
  • Wednesday343 (14%)
  • Thursday376 (15%)
  • Friday446 (18%)
  • Saturday423 (17%)
  • Sunday251 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,772 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit680 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit15 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,188 (88%)
  • Roundabout123 (4.9%)
  • Dual carriageway93 (3.7%)
  • One way street or slip road67 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded17 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph2,453 (99%)
  • 40 mph10 (0.4%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph14 (0.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,846 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds428 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds88 (3.5%)
  • Fine with high winds42 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds27 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds9 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.2%)
  • Other32 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,353 (44%)
  • Pedestrian1,181 (38%)
  • Cyclist132 (4.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant131 (4.3%)
  • Motorcyclist94 (3.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant83 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant53 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant23 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wishaw road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wishaw, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wishaw peaked at 107 in 1985; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251621
20241923
20231013
20221519
20211218
20201622
20192328
20182225
20173240
20163339
20153642
20143543
20134964
20123140
20114254
20105473
20094657
20084355
20074652
20065474
20056481
20045569
20034661
20025880
20017089
20007192
19995676
19986586
19976575
19967384
19955567
19947594
19935463
19926881
19917587
199083110
19896678
198885101
19878797
19867694
1985107143
198498108
19837077
19827792
198189106
19805262
19791415

Map of recent crashes in Wishaw

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wishaw

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wishaw

The 24 most recent collisions in Wishaw happened between 9 July 2024 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wishaw

The A721 has the most collisions in Wishaw, 650 of 2,488 (26%), followed by the A722 (320).

Collisions in Wishaw on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7216508177125
2ndA722320402475
3rdB7032159205336
4thB754132177335
5thB7033384008
6thA71202202
7thA724811
8thA733301
9thB70343302

Council area for Wishaw

Wishaw is in North Lanarkshire, where police recorded 36,249 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wishaw accounts for 6.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Wishaw

Collisions in Wishaw were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by ML2 (2,473) and ML1 (15).