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EH43 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 177 road traffic collisions in the EH43 postcode district, Scottish Borders, from 1979 to 2025, and 258 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 44 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
177
2,588th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
258
1.46 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
44
62 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for EH43

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal84.5%
  • Serious4425%
  • Slight12571%

What the data shows

  • EH43 had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 38 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in EH43 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH43, 8.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 59% of collisions in EH43.

Where EH43 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,588th
Most casualties
2,587th
Most fatal collisions
2,472nd
Most serious collisions
2,595th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (12%)
  • Tuesday21 (12%)
  • Wednesday28 (16%)
  • Thursday34 (19%)
  • Friday33 (19%)
  • Saturday23 (13%)
  • Sunday17 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight130 (73%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit10 (5.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (2.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway176 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph38 (21%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph137 (77%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds118 (67%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (4.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other7 (4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant200 (78%)
  • Van occupant19 (7.4%)
  • Pedestrian16 (6.2%)
  • Motorcyclist15 (5.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Cyclist1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH43 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH43, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH43 peaked at 11 in 2002; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202300
202222
202100
202011
2019411
201811
201744
201633
201557
201433
201366
201225
201147
2010811
200922
200811
200711
2006615
200557
200433
2003710
20021113
2001813
200034
199900
199845
1997410
199623
199522
199445
199366
199256
199144
199033
198949
198858
198757
198655
198557
1984411
198333
198236
1981916
198068
197922

Map of recent crashes in EH43

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH43

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH43

The 24 most recent collisions in EH43 happened between 18 October 2014 and 6 November 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH43

Of the 177 collisions in EH43, 158 were on the A72.

Collisions in EH43 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA72158237839

Council area for EH43

EH43 is in the Scottish Borders, where police recorded 16,598 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH43 accounts for 1.1% of them.