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Whitburn and Blackburn, West Lothian, EH47 7QP area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 63 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Whitburn and Blackburn ward, West Lothian, from 2001 to 2025, with 88 casualties. Of those collisions, 6 were serious and none fatal.

No collisions were recorded here in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
63
11,739th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
88
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Crash severity at the EH47 7QP hotspot

6 of the 63 collisions here (9.5%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious69.5%
  • Slight5790%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
6
Slightly injured
82
All casualties
88

Accidents by year at the EH47 7QP hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 6 in 2015, against an average of 2.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the EH47 7QP hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202412
202311
202211
202100
202000
201923
201824
201756
201623
201566
201433
201300
201223
2011613
201033
200944
200827
200746
200611
200535
200444
200324
200255
200144

Map of crashes at the EH47 7QP hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near EH47 7QP.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Whitburn and Blackburn, West Lothian, EH47 7QP area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the EH47 7QP 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
Whitburn and Blackburn
Council area
West Lothian
Nearest postcode to the centre
EH47 7QP
Postcode district
EH47
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.87025, -3.61464
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
21 of 25
Latest collision
24 August 2024
Rank by collisions
11,739th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the EH47 7QP hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B792, with 16 of 63, followed by the A705 with 12.

Collisions at the EH47 7QP hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB792162401
2ndA705121502
3rdB70151100
4thB70691200

Towns near the EH47 7QP hotspot

30 of the 63 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Blackburn, West Lothian.

Accident hotspots near EH47 7QP

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Whitburn and Blackburn, West Lothian, EH47 7HZ area, 1 km away, with 169 collisions.

All 63 crashes at the EH47 7QP hotspot

Newest first, from 6 February 2001 to 24 August 2024, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year