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EH24 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 185 road traffic collisions in the EH24 postcode district, Midlothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 281 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 53 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
185
2,579th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
281
1.52 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
53
66 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for EH24

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal94.9%
  • Serious5329%
  • Slight12366%

What the data shows

  • EH24 had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 44 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 34% of collisions in EH24 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 36 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH24, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in EH24.

Where EH24 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,579th
Most casualties
2,578th
Most fatal collisions
2,449th
Most serious collisions
2,574th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday34 (18%)
  • Tuesday26 (14%)
  • Wednesday24 (13%)
  • Thursday25 (14%)
  • Friday25 (14%)
  • Saturday31 (17%)
  • Sunday20 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight134 (72%)
  • Dark, no street lighting29 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit20 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway184 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph60 (32%)
  • 40 mph4 (2.2%)
  • 50 mph13 (7%)
  • 60 mph108 (58%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds138 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (4.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (3.2%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other7 (3.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant209 (74%)
  • Pedestrian19 (6.8%)
  • Motorcyclist16 (5.7%)
  • Van occupant12 (4.3%)
  • Cyclist10 (3.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH24 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH24, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH24 peaked at 12 in 1999; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202411
202311
202215
202111
202033
201924
201824
201748
201612
201566
201400
2013510
201237
201167
2010916
200957
2008610
200723
200622
2005615
200456
200345
200211
2001612
2000712
19991215
199846
199747
199624
199546
199423
199355
199237
199156
199027
198969
198845
198745
198611
198522
198433
198355
1982911
198158
198068
197944

Map of recent crashes in EH24

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH24

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH24

The 24 most recent collisions in EH24 happened between 6 June 2015 and 29 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH24

The A6094 has the most collisions in EH24, 140 of 185 (76%), followed by the B7003 (6).

Collisions in EH24 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6094140223940
2ndB70036602

Council area for EH24

EH24 is in Midlothian, where police recorded 10,103 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH24 accounts for 1.8% of them.