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Bo'ness road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 619 road traffic collisions in Bo'ness, Falkirk, from 1980 to 2025, and 777 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 172 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
619
1,020th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
777
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Serious collisions
172
186 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bo'ness

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal121.9%
  • Serious17228%
  • Slight43570%

What the data shows

  • Bo'ness had 54 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 105 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Bo'ness were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 201 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bo'ness, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Bo'ness.

Where Bo'ness ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,020th
Most casualties
1,021st
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
775th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday66 (11%)
  • Tuesday84 (14%)
  • Wednesday81 (13%)
  • Thursday97 (16%)
  • Friday120 (19%)
  • Saturday103 (17%)
  • Sunday68 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight431 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit169 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway585 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (2.3%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (1.8%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded6 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph578 (93%)
  • 40 mph21 (3.4%)
  • 60 mph20 (3.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds498 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds64 (10%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (2.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other10 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded11 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant358 (46%)
  • Pedestrian235 (30%)
  • Cyclist71 (9.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant50 (6.4%)
  • Motorcyclist38 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bo'ness road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bo'ness, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Bo'ness peaked at 27 in 1994; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202538
202433
202333
202255
202166
202022
201935
201846
20171016
20161518
2015911
201466
2013916
2012810
201199
20101519
20091111
20081517
20071619
2006712
20051722
20042126
20031319
20021114
20011927
20001925
19991926
19981414
19971619
19962323
19951825
19942735
19932328
19922526
19912631
19901942
19892331
19881617
19871923
19862424
19851212
1984910
19831518
1982911
198168
19801719

Map of recent crashes in Bo'ness

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bo'ness

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bo'ness

The 24 most recent collisions in Bo'ness happened between 26 July 2019 and 24 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bo'ness

The A904 has the most collisions in Bo'ness, 128 of 619 (21%), followed by the A993 (123).

Collisions in Bo'ness on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA904128170347
2ndA993123175336
3rdA706109141327
4thA9033302
5thA9053502
6thB9043301

Council area for Bo'ness

Bo'ness is in Falkirk, where police recorded 14,663 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bo'ness accounts for 4.2% of them.

Postcode district for Bo'ness

All 619 collisions in Bo'ness were in the EH51 postcode district.