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Bilston (Midlothian) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 104 road traffic collisions in Bilston, Midlothian, from 1980 to 2025, and 132 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 28 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1980
104
2,770th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
132
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
28
32 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bilston

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal32.9%
  • Serious2827%
  • Slight7370%

What the data shows

  • Bilston had 11 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Bilston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 26 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bilston, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Bilston.

Where Bilston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,770th
Most casualties
2,792nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday10 (9.6%)
  • Tuesday12 (12%)
  • Wednesday20 (19%)
  • Thursday16 (15%)
  • Friday15 (14%)
  • Saturday12 (12%)
  • Sunday19 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight71 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit21 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (8.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (2.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway101 (97%)
  • Roundabout2 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (1%)
  • 30 mph45 (43%)
  • 40 mph35 (34%)
  • 60 mph23 (22%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds80 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (3.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (1%)
  • Other2 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant75 (57%)
  • Pedestrian27 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist10 (7.6%)
  • Cyclist8 (6.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (5.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bilston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bilston, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Bilston peaked at 8 in 2013; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202300
202222
202100
202034
201911
201835
201700
201611
201511
201435
201389
201211
201111
201022
200900
200833
200722
200644
200512
200412
200368
200269
200179
200000
199922
199833
199700
199633
199556
199400
199344
199222
199123
199011
198947
198800
198700
198657
198546
198444
198322
198211
198111
198048

Map of recent crashes in Bilston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bilston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bilston

The 24 most recent collisions in Bilston happened between 11 August 2012 and 20 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bilston

The A701 has the most collisions in Bilston, 54 of 104 (52%), followed by the A703 (18).

Collisions in Bilston on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7015465215
2ndA703183007

Council area for Bilston

Bilston is in Midlothian, where police recorded 10,103 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bilston accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode districts in Bilston

Collisions in Bilston were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by EH25 (77) and EH20 (27).