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Cockenzie and Port Seton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 242 road traffic collisions in Cockenzie and Port Seton, East Lothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 300 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 76 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
242
1,762nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
300
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Serious collisions
76
87 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cockenzie and Port Seton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.2%
  • Serious7631%
  • Slight16367%

What the data shows

  • Cockenzie and Port Seton had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 37 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in Cockenzie and Port Seton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 65 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cockenzie and Port Seton, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Cockenzie and Port Seton.

Where Cockenzie and Port Seton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,762nd
Most casualties
1,809th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,352nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (10%)
  • Tuesday35 (14%)
  • Wednesday31 (13%)
  • Thursday33 (14%)
  • Friday40 (17%)
  • Saturday41 (17%)
  • Sunday37 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight162 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit73 (30%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway240 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.4%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (3.3%)
  • 30 mph206 (85%)
  • 40 mph5 (2.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph22 (9.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds197 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (4.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant107 (36%)
  • Pedestrian97 (32%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (14%)
  • Cyclist35 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.3%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cockenzie and Port Seton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cockenzie and Port Seton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cockenzie and Port Seton peaked at 12 in 1988; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202400
202311
202233
202134
202011
201944
201822
201757
201677
201544
201436
201337
201211
201155
201035
200944
200833
200745
200678
200537
200466
200344
200256
200136
200056
19991013
199834
1997710
199657
199544
199489
199333
199269
199159
199099
1989710
19881213
19871012
198667
198578
198466
1983910
1982910
19811113
198055
1979814

Map of recent crashes in Cockenzie and Port Seton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cockenzie and Port Seton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cockenzie and Port Seton

The 24 most recent collisions in Cockenzie and Port Seton happened between 31 October 2016 and 1 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cockenzie and Port Seton

The B1348 has the most collisions in Cockenzie and Port Seton, 133 of 242 (55%), followed by the B6371 (4).

Collisions in Cockenzie and Port Seton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1348133165248
2ndB63714403

Council area for Cockenzie and Port Seton

Cockenzie and Port Seton is in East Lothian, where police recorded 9,664 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cockenzie and Port Seton accounts for 2.5% of them.

Postcode district for Cockenzie and Port Seton

All 242 collisions in Cockenzie and Port Seton were in the EH32 postcode district.