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Armadale road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1991
394
1,318th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
478
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
58
67 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Armadale

Collisions by severity, 1991 to 2025

  • Fatal30.8%
  • Serious5815%
  • Slight33385%

What the data shows

  • Armadale had 58 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 104 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Armadale were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 135 children under 16 were killed or injured in Armadale, 28% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Armadale.

Where Armadale ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,318th
Most casualties
1,368th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,603rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday53 (13%)
  • Tuesday64 (16%)
  • Wednesday50 (13%)
  • Thursday55 (14%)
  • Friday75 (19%)
  • Saturday69 (18%)
  • Sunday28 (7.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight278 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit99 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (2.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway391 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (2.8%)
  • 30 mph357 (91%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.5%)
  • 50 mph4 (1%)
  • 60 mph16 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds309 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (9.4%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (3.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other7 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant227 (47%)
  • Pedestrian176 (37%)
  • Cyclist31 (6.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant16 (3.3%)
  • Motorcyclist14 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Armadale road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Armadale, 1991 to 2025

Collisions in Armadale peaked at 21 in 1999; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202433
20231011
202245
202155
202055
201977
201855
201766
2016912
2015910
201444
20131316
20121012
201199
20101115
20091317
20081013
20071011
20061517
20051522
20041516
20031215
20021720
20011013
200088
19992131
19982126
19971922
19962026
19951013
19941517
19931520
19921820
19911620

Map of recent crashes in Armadale

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Armadale

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Armadale

The 24 most recent collisions in Armadale happened between 27 July 2021 and 21 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Armadale

The A89 has the most collisions in Armadale, 95 of 394 (24%), followed by the B8084 (77).

Collisions in Armadale on each road, 1991 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8995114012
2ndB80847795116
3rdB708152102
4thA70671000

Council area for Armadale

Armadale is in West Lothian, where police recorded 19,081 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Armadale accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode district for Armadale

All 394 collisions in Armadale were in the EH48 postcode district.