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EH38 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 203 road traffic collisions in the EH38 postcode district, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 332 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 63 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
203
2,566th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
332
1.64 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
7 people killed
Serious collisions
63
91 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for EH38

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.5%
  • Serious6331%
  • Slight13567%

What the data shows

  • EH38 had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 77% fewer than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in EH38 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in EH38 are between noon and 3pm, with 22% of collisions.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH38, 9.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where EH38 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,566th
Most casualties
2,558th
Most fatal collisions
2,533rd
Most serious collisions
2,549th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (13%)
  • Tuesday23 (11%)
  • Wednesday29 (14%)
  • Thursday26 (13%)
  • Friday37 (18%)
  • Saturday30 (15%)
  • Sunday32 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight132 (65%)
  • Dark, no street lighting68 (33%)
  • Dark, street lights lit3 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway200 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph5 (2.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph193 (95%)
  • 70 mph3 (1.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds130 (64%)
  • Raining, no high winds44 (22%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (5.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other9 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant283 (85%)
  • Van occupant18 (5.4%)
  • Motorcyclist15 (4.5%)
  • Pedestrian5 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Cyclist2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH38 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH38, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH38 peaked at 10 in 1980; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202513
202400
202314
202223
202111
202000
201900
201800
201733
201611
201523
201434
201366
201222
201178
201036
200955
200845
200759
200635
200545
200433
2003710
2002714
2001712
200056
199900
199856
1997915
199644
199538
1994817
1993611
1992617
1991814
199035
198948
198858
1987912
1986514
198557
198424
1983811
1982814
1981613
19801017
197979

Map of recent crashes in EH38

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH38

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH38

The 24 most recent collisions in EH38 happened between 2 December 2011 and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH38

The A7 has the most collisions in EH38, 150 of 203 (74%), followed by the B709 (26).

Collisions in EH38 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7150259451
2ndB709264007
3rdB63685700

Council area for EH38

EH38 is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH38 accounts for 1.2% of them.