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EH19 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 824 road traffic collisions in the EH19 postcode district, Midlothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,004 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 213 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
824
2,271st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,004
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
11 people killed
Serious collisions
213
231 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for EH19

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.3%
  • Serious21326%
  • Slight60073%

What the data shows

  • EH19 had 83 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 163 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in EH19 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 241 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH19, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in EH19.

Where EH19 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,271st
Most casualties
2,317th
Most fatal collisions
2,396th
Most serious collisions
2,207th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday112 (14%)
  • Tuesday107 (13%)
  • Wednesday124 (15%)
  • Thursday115 (14%)
  • Friday148 (18%)
  • Saturday137 (17%)
  • Sunday81 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight591 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit172 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting48 (5.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway799 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout7 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph17 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph629 (76%)
  • 40 mph56 (6.8%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph117 (14%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds673 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds91 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.4%)
  • Other14 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded8 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant388 (39%)
  • Pedestrian350 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist95 (9.5%)
  • Cyclist64 (6.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant59 (5.9%)
  • Van occupant23 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH19 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH19, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH19 peaked at 34 in 1984; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
2024811
202355
20221417
20211116
202044
20191010
201868
20171112
2016912
20151416
20141926
201366
20122024
20111113
20101419
20091922
20082525
20072226
20061318
20053033
20041417
20031016
20021929
20011822
20001518
19991718
19982226
19972131
19962021
19951924
19941821
19932629
19922124
19912223
19901723
19892225
19882947
19872126
19862531
19852129
19843439
19831920
19822323
19813443
19802126
19792024

Map of recent crashes in EH19

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH19

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH19

The 24 most recent collisions in EH19 happened between 29 July 2022 and 6 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH19

The A6094 has the most collisions in EH19, 224 of 824 (27%), followed by the B704 (190).

Collisions in EH19 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6094224269373
2ndB704190248453
3rdB6392141904
4thA73300

Council area for EH19

EH19 is in Midlothian, where police recorded 10,103 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH19 accounts for 8.1% of them.

Towns in EH19

Collisions in EH19 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Bonnyrigg (698) and Gorebridge and Mayfield (12).