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Road risk in Clackmannanshire

The official road casualty record for Clackmannanshire, from DfT STATS19.

ONS code S12000005

Police recorded 23 injury collisions in Clackmannanshire in 2025, hurting 27 people, of whom 8 were killed or seriously injured.

Not ranked. Clackmannanshire is held out of our national tablebecause it recorded 8 killed or seriously injured, below the 20 needed for the derived percentages to mean anything. Every figure here is the real recorded number. At this size the derived percentages describe chance more than they describe the place, so there is no rank attached to them. How the floors work.

Collisions
23 in 2025
People hurt
27 casualties
Killed or seriously injured
8
Killed
0
KSI per billion vehicle miles
50.8 (median 80.5)
KSI, three-year average
9.3 a year
Severity-adjusted KSI, 2025
8 (recorded: 8)
Severity-adjusted KSI, three-year average
11 a year (recorded: 9.3)
KSI per 100,000 residents
15.5
Population
51,610

Compiled by Stephen Hall, Data lead, Swift Assist. Source: DfT STATS19 and DfT road traffic estimates (2025), OGL v3. Updated 2026-10-08.

Direction of travel

Five years of collisions in Clackmannanshire

Across 2021–2025, recorded collisions were up 21.1%, with 2022 the worst year of the period at 25 collisions.

Collisions per year in Clackmannanshire

2025: 23 (up 4.5% on the year before) · peak 25 in 2022 · +21.1% across the period

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Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.

Who is being hurt

Pedestrians, cyclists and riders in Clackmannanshire

These are the road users with the least protection when something goes wrong, and they carry a disproportionate share of the serious injuries. Across 23 collisions in Clackmannanshire, the three groups appear 10 times between them — an involvement rate of 43.5%.

Road userCollisionsShare of all collisions
Pedestrians521.7%
Cyclists417.4%
Motorcyclists14.3%

A single collision can involve more than one of these groups and is then counted in each row, so the rows do not add up to a share of the total.

Darkness, weather and the time of year

When collisions happen in Clackmannanshire

DfT records the light level and road surface at every collision, but publishes neither below national level. These are Clackmannanshire’s own shares over 67 collisions, with the national figure beside each one for comparison.

Share of collisionsClackmannanshireNationalHow it reads
In darknessAny collision where the officer recorded darkness, lit or unlit.29.9%28.7%close to the national figure
In darkness, no street lightingThe rural lighting picture rather than the urban speeding one.9%6.3%well above the national figure
On a wet road surfaceWet, damp or standing water at the scene.26.9%24.5%close to the national figure
On snow or iceRare everywhere, and concentrated in a handful of authorities.1.5%1.4%close to the national figure

The winter effect. Collisions in Clackmannanshire run 40% higher from November to January than from May to July — against 4.5% lower nationally. That is 21 collisions against 15.

What this does not tell you

  • A share is not a rate. A high darkness share means darkness accounts for more of Clackmannanshire’s collisions — not that its roads are more dangerous overall. Read it alongside the casualties-per-mile-driven figure above.
  • Condition is recorded, not tested. The officer records the surface and light level at the scene. It is an observation, not a measurement, and it is not a finding that the condition caused the collision.
  • Exposure is not controlled for. Fewer people travel at 3am than at 3pm, so a collision in darkness is drawn from a smaller pool of journeys. Without hourly traffic counts, these shares describe when collisions happen rather than how risky an hour is.

Every authority compared on the same measures: winter road risk across Britain.

Common questions

Road risk in Clackmannanshire, answered

How dangerous are the roads in Clackmannanshire?

In the latest official DfT figures, 23 road collisions in Clackmannanshire injured or killed 27 people, 8 of them killed or seriously injured. Clackmannanshire is not ranked in our national table because it recorded 8 killed or seriously injured, below the 20 needed for the derived percentages to mean anything.

Are road casualties in Clackmannanshire rising or falling?

Across 2021–2025, recorded collisions in Clackmannanshire were up 21.1%, with 2022 the worst year of the period at 25 collisions. Year-to-year movement in a single authority is noisy, so the five-year direction carries more than any single year's change.

Who is being hurt on Clackmannanshire's roads?

In Clackmannanshire there were 5 collisions involving pedestrians, 4 involving cyclists and 1 involving motorcyclists, out of 23 in total. Added together that is an involvement rate of 43.5%, though a collision involving two of those groups is counted in both figures, so it is a comparable index rather than a clean share.

Who is responsible for road safety in Clackmannanshire?

Clackmannanshire is a scottish council, and is the highway authority for its own roads. That means it sets local speed limits, designs junctions and crossings, and decides safety scheme spending. Motorways and most trunk roads are managed separately by National Highways in England, Transport Scotland, or the Welsh Government, so the worst road in an area is often not the council's to change. Enforcement sits with the local police force.

Where does this data come from?

DfT STATS19, the record police complete at the scene of every injury collision, published annually under the Open Government Licence, combined with DfT's own road traffic estimates for the mileage denominator. Collision, casualty and KSI counts on this page are for 2025; only the trend compares 2021–2025. STATS19 counts collisions police attended and recorded, so collisions never reported do not appear, and under-reporting is known to be worst for cyclists and for slight injuries.

What this means for you

What actually changes the odds in Clackmannanshire

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