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EH25 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 337 road traffic collisions in the EH25 postcode district, Midlothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 441 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 99 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
337
2,501st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
441
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
12 people killed
Serious collisions
99
112 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for EH25

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal113.3%
  • Serious9929%
  • Slight22767%

What the data shows

  • EH25 had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 56 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in EH25 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 64 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH25, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in EH25.

Where EH25 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,501st
Most casualties
2,510th
Most fatal collisions
2,396th
Most serious collisions
2,462nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday41 (12%)
  • Tuesday50 (15%)
  • Wednesday48 (14%)
  • Thursday54 (16%)
  • Friday68 (20%)
  • Saturday39 (12%)
  • Sunday37 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight230 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit64 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting39 (12%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway321 (95%)
  • Roundabout15 (4.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph105 (31%)
  • 40 mph88 (26%)
  • 60 mph142 (42%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds259 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds52 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other7 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant261 (59%)
  • Pedestrian64 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (9.3%)
  • Cyclist34 (7.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant24 (5.4%)
  • Van occupant9 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH25 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH25, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH25 peaked at 14 in 2003; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202311
2022610
202100
202056
201933
201868
201756
201667
2015811
201479
201367
201245
201158
201024
200911
20081012
200755
2006811
2005710
200457
20031417
20021013
20011215
20001011
199955
1998911
19971218
199677
1995910
199434
19931415
199269
1991511
1990711
19891317
198845
19871115
19861221
19851421
198499
198367
19821421
1981910
19801014
19791112

Map of recent crashes in EH25

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH25

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH25

The 24 most recent collisions in EH25 happened between 10 October 2017 and 23 August 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH25

The A701 has the most collisions in EH25, 116 of 337 (34%), followed by the A703 (62).

Collisions in EH25 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA701116146333
2ndA7036298221
3rdB70063750011
4thB70032229110

Council area for EH25

EH25 is in Midlothian, where police recorded 10,103 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH25 accounts for 3.3% of them.

Town in EH25

Of the 337 collisions in EH25, 77 (23%) were in Bilston, Midlothian.