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EH41 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,325 road traffic collisions in the EH41 postcode district, East Lothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,869 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 45 were fatal and 349 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
1,325
2,050th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,869
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
45
50 people killed
Serious collisions
349
457 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for EH41

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal453.4%
  • Serious34926%
  • Slight93170%

What the data shows

  • EH41 had 113 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 234 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in EH41 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 242 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH41, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in EH41.

Where EH41 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,050th
Most casualties
2,042nd
Most fatal collisions
1,348th
Most serious collisions
1,896th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday172 (13%)
  • Tuesday199 (15%)
  • Wednesday193 (15%)
  • Thursday164 (12%)
  • Friday210 (16%)
  • Saturday195 (15%)
  • Sunday192 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight996 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting203 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit118 (8.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,214 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway71 (5.4%)
  • Roundabout17 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph26 (2%)
  • 30 mph436 (33%)
  • 40 mph27 (2%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph760 (57%)
  • 70 mph71 (5.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,031 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds163 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds32 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds23 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist16 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.5%)
  • Other31 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,220 (65%)
  • Pedestrian227 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist170 (9.1%)
  • Cyclist95 (5.1%)
  • Van occupant88 (4.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant25 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)16 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH41 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH41, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH41 peaked at 53 in 1985; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
202455
20231214
20221422
20211314
202079
20191315
20181116
20171417
20161618
20151319
20141921
20131921
20122433
20111520
20103745
20092736
20082025
20072627
20063440
20052733
20042632
20032535
20023646
20013549
20004568
19992638
19983143
19973857
19963647
19952744
19942931
19933765
19922949
19913149
19904983
19893752
19884779
19872842
19864976
19855382
19843757
19834450
19823140
19813959
19804271
19794467

Map of recent crashes in EH41

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH41

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH41

The 24 most recent collisions in EH41 happened between 2 February 2023 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH41

The A1 has the most collisions in EH41, 380 of 1,325 (29%), followed by the A6093 (147).

Collisions in EH41 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA138061927112
2ndA6093147190241
3rdA6137106158231
4thA1996893211
5thB63555886420
6thB63694779415
7thB64714452111
8thB6368253104
9thB6370182915

Council area for EH41

EH41 is in East Lothian, where police recorded 9,664 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH41 accounts for 14% of them.

Town in EH41

Of the 1,325 collisions in EH41, 531 (40%) were in Haddington.