Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B7030 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 Dec 2025, 16:30
- Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Polo and Volkswagen T-Cross
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025991677189
Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH28 8LQ area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 83 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Pentland Hills ward, the City of Edinburgh, from 2001 to 2025, with 122 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 8 were serious.
In 2025 there were 4 collisions here, up from 2 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 83
- 9,322nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 122
- 1.47 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 3
- 3 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 4
- 2 in 2024
Crash severity at the EH28 8LQ hotspot
11 of the 83 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal33.6%
- Serious89.6%
- Slight7287%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 3
- Seriously injured
- 8
- Slightly injured
- 111
- All casualties
- 122
Accidents by year at the EH28 8LQ hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 14 in 2015, against an average of 3.3 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the EH28 8LQ hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 13 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 7 | 9 |
| 2018 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 14 | 19 |
| 2014 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 3 | 5 |
Map of crashes at the EH28 8LQ hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near EH28 8LQ.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH28 8LQ area accident hotspot
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 48 crashes
- Fatal
- Serious
- Slight
Centre of the hotspot
Hotspot area, 700 m radius
Details of the EH28 8LQ 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
- Pentland Hills
- Council area
- the City of Edinburgh
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- EH28 8LQ
- Postcode district
- EH28
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 55.92577, -3.41962
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 24 of 25
- Latest collision
- 2 December 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 9,322nd of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the EH28 8LQ hotspot
8 of the 83 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Ratho Station and Newbridge.
Accident hotspots near EH28 8LQ
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH28 8SH area, 1.7 km away, with 201 collisions.
- Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH28 8SH area1.7 km away, 269 casualties201 collisions
- Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh, West Lothian, EH52 5NZ area2.2 km away, 107 casualties83 collisions
- East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH27 8DT area2.8 km away, 86 casualties65 collisions
- Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH29 9DE area3.3 km away, 179 casualties132 collisions
- Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH27 8EB area3.5 km away, 100 casualties67 collisions
- Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh, West Lothian, EH52 5RL area3.6 km away, 239 casualties195 collisions
- Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH28 8LS area4 km away, 165 casualties130 collisions
- East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH53 0UW area4.1 km away, 95 casualties64 collisions
All 83 crashes at the EH28 8LQ hotspot
Newest first, from 26 June 2001 to 2 December 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 Nov 2025, 07:55
- Volkswagen Golf and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025991662188
- Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 Jul 2025, 15:30
- Ford Transit Custom, Renault Trafic and a car
- 3 vehicles, 5 casualties
Ref 2025991620861
- Slight
MG ZS crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 4 Jul 2025, 15:50
- MG ZS, Audi A3, Renault Trafic, Skoda Octavia and another vehicle
- 5 vehicles, 5 casualties
Ref 2025991627441
- Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 24 Sep 2024, 06:30
- BMW 1 Series and a van
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024991496503
- Serious
Ford KA crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 13 Jun 2024, 21:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024991455527
- Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 30 Apr 2023, 20:45
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023991302525
- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 11 Nov 2022, 08:00
- Volkswagen Polo and Nissan Juke
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022991241568
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 9 Jul 2020, 17:45
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020990963415
- Slight
Seat Leon crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 Feb 2020, 16:45
- Seat Leon and Peugeot 208
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020990928240
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B7030 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 Feb 2020, 18:45
- Renault Clio and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020990927221
- Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 2 Nov 2019, 00:10
- 1 vehicle, 3 casualties
Ref 2019950894537
- Slight
Lexus IS250 crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 Oct 2019, 15:29
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019950889662
- Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 31 May 2019, 20:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019950000658
- Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 May 2019, 18:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019950000654
- Slight
Volvo crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 Apr 2019, 13:00
- Volvo and Toyota C-HR
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019950000384
- Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 20 Mar 2019, 16:00
- Ford Transit and Toyota IQ
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019950000330
- Serious
Kia Sportage crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 Jan 2019, 07:50
- Kia Sportage, Peugeot 307, Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Mokka
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019950000118
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 9 Oct 2018, 09:50
- Vauxhall Astra, Mercedes Sprinter and Ford Transit
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2018950001374
- Serious
Renault Megane crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 22 Sep 2018, 12:10
- Renault Megane and Peugeot Partner
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018950001289
- Slight
Kia Sportage crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 30 Jul 2018, 06:49
- Kia Sportage and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018950001006
- Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 20 Mar 2018, 14:29
- Vauxhall Vectra and Toyota Hilux
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018950000360
- Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 14 Nov 2017, 08:00
- Toyota Avensis and Fiat 500
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017950002611
- Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 May 2017, 12:00
- Skoda Octavia and Vauxhall Corsa
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2017950001389
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 11 Nov 2016, 08:06
- Volkswagen Golf and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016950005312
- Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 3 Aug 2016, 03:56
- Volkswagen Crafter and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016950003733
- Slight
Suzuki Liana crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 Dec 2015, 06:09
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950005967
- Slight
Car crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 28 Nov 2015, 15:03
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950005511
- Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 Nov 2015, 14:20
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2015950005229
- Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 Nov 2015, 08:44
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950001154
- Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 15 Nov 2015, 04:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950005237
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 Nov 2015, 22:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950005233
- Slight
Fiat Scudo crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 Oct 2015, 09:25
- Fiat Scudo, Kia Rio, Vauxhall Corsa and a car
- 4 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2015950004462
- Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 Sep 2015, 16:00
- Mazda 6, Volvo V40 and 2 vans
- 4 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2015950004322
- Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 1 Sep 2015, 15:45
- DAF Trucks, Ford Mondeo, Vauxhall Corsa and a lorry
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950003980
- Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 25 Aug 2015, 17:30
- Saab 9-3 and Hyundai i40
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950003916
- Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 31 Jul 2015, 10:15
- Citroen Berlingo and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2015950003633
- Slight
Fiat Panda crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 12 May 2015, 16:00
- Fiat Panda and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2015950002245
- Serious
Jaguar XF Series crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 12 Apr 2015, 10:10
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950001770
- Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 15 Jan 2015, 16:15
- Kia Ceed, Citroen DS3, Mini Countryman and Toyota Prius
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015950000161
- Slight
Vauxhall Antara crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 Jul 2014, 11:55
- Vauxhall Antara, Renault Megane and Mercedes Sprinter
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2014950003874
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 Apr 2014, 10:00
- Volkswagen Golf, Nissan Qashqai and a car
- 3 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2014950002034
- Fatal
DAF Trucks crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 10 Apr 2014, 15:35
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2014950001956
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 4 Sep 2013, 12:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2013950004529
- Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 Jul 2013, 11:49
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2013950003496
- Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 Feb 2013, 18:00
- Fiat Punto, Ford Fiesta and Citroen Xsara
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2013950000683
- Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 Jan 2013, 22:45
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2013950000520
- Slight
BMW X3 crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 2 Jan 2013, 05:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2013950000032