Serious
MG HS crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 18 Apr 2025, 16:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025991579581
Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 8DZ area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 154 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Musselburgh ward, East Lothian, from 2001 to 2025, with 199 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 24 were serious.
In 2025 there were 3 collisions here, the same as in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 154
- 5,450th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 199
- 1.29 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 1
- 1 person killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 3
- 3 in 2024
Crash severity at the EH21 8DZ hotspot
25 of the 154 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal10.6%
- Serious2416%
- Slight12984%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 1
- Seriously injured
- 32
- Slightly injured
- 166
- All casualties
- 199
Accidents by year at the EH21 8DZ hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 11 in 2004, against an average of 6.2 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the EH21 8DZ hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 3
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 10 | 16 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2012 | 10 | 13 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 |
| 2010 | 7 | 8 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 6 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9 |
| 2006 | 10 | 13 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 11 | 14 |
| 2003 | 11 | 15 |
| 2002 | 8 | 14 |
| 2001 | 8 | 10 |
Map of crashes at the EH21 8DZ hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near EH21 8DZ.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 8DZ area accident hotspot
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 48 crashes
- Serious
- Slight
Centre of the hotspot
Hotspot area, 700 m radius
Details of the EH21 8DZ hotspot
This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.
- Ward
- Musselburgh
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- EH21 8DZ
- Postcode district
- EH21
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 55.94151, -3.01627
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 18 April 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 5,450th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the EH21 8DZ hotspot
Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Wallyford had the most collisions, 53 of 154.
Accident hotspots near EH21 8DZ
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7HA area, 1.4 km away, with 101 collisions.
- Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7HA area1.4 km away, 121 casualties101 collisions
- Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry, East Lothian, EH21 8QF area1.7 km away, 118 casualties80 collisions
- Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry, East Lothian, EH33 1NQ area2.3 km away, 159 casualties96 collisions
- Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 6PP area2.5 km away, 423 casualties380 collisions
- Preston, Seton and Gosford, East Lothian, EH32 9NQ area2.5 km away, 176 casualties145 collisions
- Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 8RE area3.2 km away, 327 casualties212 collisions
- Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 6SQ area3.4 km away, 105 casualties82 collisions
- Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry, East Lothian, EH33 1LZ area3.9 km away, 109 casualties89 collisions
All 154 crashes at the EH21 8DZ hotspot
Newest first, from 14 January 2001 to 18 April 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Seat Leon crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 2 Mar 2025, 10:55
- Seat Leon and Ford Transit
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025991560144
- Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A6094 in East Lothian, 19 Feb 2025, 08:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025991555861
- Slight
Volvo crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 8 Oct 2024, 08:20
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024991500996
- Slight
Car crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 26 May 2024, 10:45
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024991450176
- Serious
Nissan NV200 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 24 Apr 2024, 19:20
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024991435385
- Slight
Volvo crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 28 Jul 2023, 12:07
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023991337776
- Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 27 Jun 2023, 09:55
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023991323233
- Slight
Suzuki Celerio crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 8 Oct 2022, 09:10
- Suzuki Celerio and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022991229281
- Slight
MAN crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 23 Jun 2022, 13:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022991191348
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6094 in East Lothian, 21 Jan 2022, 17:55
- 2 Vauxhall Corsas
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022991135015
- Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A6094 in East Lothian, 8 Dec 2021, 16:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021991129148
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 14 Oct 2021, 07:15
- Vauxhall Corsa and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021991133659
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6094 in East Lothian, 11 Oct 2021, 19:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021991169265
- Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A6094 in East Lothian, 1 Oct 2021, 16:30
- Suzuki Swift and Audi Q5
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2021991095271
- Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 16 Sep 2021, 17:00
- Hyundai i10 and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021991088521
- Slight
Suzuki Celerio crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 26 Aug 2021, 16:00
- Suzuki Celerio and Volkswagen Bora
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2021991081970
- Serious
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 9 Aug 2021, 13:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021991076923
- Serious
Volvo crash on the B6454 in East Lothian, 25 Jun 2021, 12:48
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021991059739
- Slight
Volvo XC40 crash on the A6094 in East Lothian, 5 Nov 2020, 17:35
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020990996401
- Serious
Volvo crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 11 Jun 2020, 15:50
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2020990956843
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 20 Mar 2020, 19:25
- Renault Clio, Citroen Dispatch and a car
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020990942231
- Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 26 Jun 2019, 17:00
- Toyota Aygo and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019950000758
- Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 5 Dec 2018, 08:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018950001658
- Serious
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 9 Sep 2018, 15:50
- Peugeot 207 and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2018950001231
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 26 Jul 2018, 15:10
- Vauxhall Corsa, Toyota Hiace and Vauxhall Astra
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018950000989
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 20 Feb 2018, 13:15
- Volkswagen Golf and Mini Cooper
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018950000237
- Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 31 Jan 2018, 11:10
- Jaguar XF Series and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018950000136
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6454 in East Lothian, 22 Nov 2017, 18:40
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Transit Custom
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017950002462
- Serious
Nissan Note crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 12 Nov 2017, 14:45
- Nissan Note and 2 bicycles
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2017950002388
- Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 28 May 2017, 16:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017950001403
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 1 Nov 2016, 16:45
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016950005172
- Slight
Mini Cooper crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 18 Oct 2016, 17:00
- Mini Cooper and a car
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2016950004858
- Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 8 Oct 2016, 08:20
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2016950004751
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 16 Sep 2016, 21:00
- Renault Clio, Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Tiguan
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016950004417
- Slight
Renault Master crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 17 Aug 2016, 09:39
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2016950003947
- Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 11 Jul 2016, 11:15
- Nissan Micra and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016950003469
- Slight
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 5 Jul 2016, 08:19
- Yamaha Ybr 125 and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016950003275
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 11 May 2016, 12:30
- Volkswagen Golf and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016950002297
- Slight
Vauxhall Agila crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 2 May 2016, 12:23
- Vauxhall Agila and Vauxhall Viva
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016950002182
- Serious
Nissan Primastar crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 12 Feb 2016, 18:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016950000989
- Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 25 Jun 2015, 17:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950004309
- Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 22 May 2015, 16:30
- Vauxhall Astra and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950002427
- Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 11 Apr 2015, 21:15
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2015950001769
- Serious
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 1 Dec 2014, 19:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2014950006158
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 30 Oct 2014, 20:40
- Ford Fiesta and Honda Civic
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014950005505
- Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A6094 in East Lothian, 17 Jun 2014, 07:30
- Ford Mondeo and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014950003295
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 9 Jun 2014, 15:00
- Ford Fiesta and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014950004164