Road file

The M8

The M8 carries 0.60 times the national average rate of motorcyclist killed-or-seriously-injured casualties, per mile ridden — measurably below average.

Figures for the M8

Rate

1,294

motorcyclist KSI per billion vehicle miles, over 0.018bn miles ridden

95% interval

820 to 1,942

national average 2,170

Compared with the national average

0.60x

the whole interval sits below it

Killed or seriously injured

23

2021-2025, of which 0 killed

Exposure

0.018bn

motorcycle vehicle miles ridden on this road over the five years

All casualties

Not published

all-severity total is published only for the headline tables

Count against rate

Britain's danger rankings usually count casualties, which rewards long, busy roads. The M8 is 137th by count of 1,710 ranked roads, and 1,293th by rate — below average once the 0.018 billion miles ridden on it are taken into account. See the full ranking.

The M8 on the map

The road as mapped, with the motorcycle collisions recorded on it between 2021 and 2025.

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Plan a ride on the M8

Cyclists

Method and source

Motorcyclist casualties on this road from DfT STATS19, 2021-2025, divided by motorcycle traffic on the same road from the DfT annual average daily flow counts. KSI means killed or seriously injured. The interval is the 95% confidence interval on the rate; a rate is never shown without the miles it was divided by. We publish a page for a road only where that interval clears the national average of 2,170 KSI per billion vehicle miles, so roads that cannot be told apart from average have no page.

DfT STATS19 casualty and collision files 2021-2025, and DfT AADF traffic counts 2021-2025, both under the Open Government Licence v3.0

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