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Broxburn (West Lothian) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 844 road traffic collisions in Broxburn, West Lothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,060 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 177 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
844
850th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,060
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
14 people killed
Serious collisions
177
189 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Broxburn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal141.7%
  • Serious17721%
  • Slight65377%

What the data shows

  • Broxburn had 71 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 142 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Broxburn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 218 children under 16 were killed or injured in Broxburn, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Broxburn.

Where Broxburn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
850th
Most casualties
853rd
Most fatal collisions
669th
Most serious collisions
760th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday117 (14%)
  • Tuesday116 (14%)
  • Wednesday125 (15%)
  • Thursday137 (16%)
  • Friday169 (20%)
  • Saturday108 (13%)
  • Sunday72 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight582 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit231 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (1.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway818 (97%)
  • Roundabout13 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.6%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph22 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph698 (83%)
  • 40 mph7 (0.8%)
  • 50 mph32 (3.8%)
  • 60 mph85 (10%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds632 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds122 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (2.5%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (2.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.5%)
  • Other24 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant435 (41%)
  • Pedestrian352 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist87 (8.2%)
  • Cyclist66 (6.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant62 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant47 (4.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Broxburn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Broxburn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Broxburn peaked at 41 in 1992; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202558
202422
202355
202244
20211011
202046
20191112
20181419
201778
2016912
20151723
20141313
20131111
20121418
20111215
20101618
20091319
20081418
20071618
20061618
20052024
20041718
20031717
20021825
20012428
20001623
19991824
19983040
19972433
19962327
19951417
19942440
19932224
19924154
19912329
19903039
19892144
19882025
19872024
19862325
19853944
19842525
19832431
19822639
19813134
19802326
19791823

Map of recent crashes in Broxburn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Broxburn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Broxburn

The 24 most recent collisions in Broxburn happened between 7 July 2021 and 13 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Broxburn

The A899 has the most collisions in Broxburn, 383 of 844 (45%), followed by the A89 (97).

Collisions in Broxburn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA899383478891
2ndA8997149126
3rdB8020242608
4thB70693300

Council area for Broxburn

Broxburn is in West Lothian, where police recorded 19,081 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Broxburn accounts for 4.4% of them.

Postcode district for Broxburn

All 844 collisions in Broxburn were in the EH52 postcode district.