Road traffic accidents statistics for B7078 trunk road: FOI release

Information requested

Can you please provide me with further information on the number to road traffic accidents that have happened in the last 3 years on the B7078 between Blackwood and Lesmahagow?

Please advise if any of these accidents incurred hospitalisation and the figures.

Please also advise of the number of these accidents in which an HGV/PCV was involved.

Response

The following tables provide the information that you requested for injury collisions on the B7078.

Please note that our figures only cover collisions where someone was injured or killed, and which became known to the police.

We have provided figures for the last three years for which we have complete data (2020,2021,2022).

We are still collecting data for 2023, but can provide figures for 2023 on the basis of incomplete data if you would prefer.

You can find a map showing the location of these collisions here: Injury collisions on the B7078 by transportscotland · MapHub

Injury collisions on the B7078 between Blackwood and Lesmahagow by severity
	Killed	Serious	Slight	Total
2020	1	1	0	2
2021	0	1	2	3
2022	0	0	1	1
Casualties injured in collisions on the B7078 between Blackwood and Lesmahagow by severity
	Killed	Serious	Slight	Total
2020	1	1	1	3
2021	0	1	3	4
2022	0	0	1	1
Casualties injured in collisions on the B7078 between Blackwood and Lesmahagow by whether admitted to hospital
	Admitted to hospital
	No	Yes	Total
2020	3	0	3
2021	3	1	4
2022	1	0	1
Heavy goods or passenger carrying vehicles involved in collisions on the B7078 between Blackwood and Lesmahagow
	Heavy Goods vehicle
2020	1

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