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Dalkeith road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,334 road traffic collisions in Dalkeith, Midlothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,585 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 299 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,334
618th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,585
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
299
322 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dalkeith

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal100.7%
  • Serious29922%
  • Slight1,02577%

What the data shows

  • Dalkeith had 115 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 244 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Dalkeith were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 298 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dalkeith, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Dalkeith.

Where Dalkeith ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
618th
Most casualties
644th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
510th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday202 (15%)
  • Tuesday185 (14%)
  • Wednesday175 (13%)
  • Thursday197 (15%)
  • Friday247 (19%)
  • Saturday185 (14%)
  • Sunday143 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight978 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit293 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting45 (3.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit15 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,278 (96%)
  • Roundabout40 (3%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph39 (2.9%)
  • 30 mph1,145 (86%)
  • 40 mph25 (1.9%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph118 (8.8%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,078 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds167 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds17 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other17 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded21 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant616 (39%)
  • Pedestrian517 (33%)
  • Bus or coach occupant156 (9.8%)
  • Motorcyclist148 (9.3%)
  • Cyclist81 (5.1%)
  • Van occupant37 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dalkeith road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dalkeith, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dalkeith peaked at 52 in 1989; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251014
20241012
2023910
20221216
2021710
202077
20191112
20181519
201799
20162529
20152028
20141820
20131718
20122637
20112226
20102435
20092937
20082936
20072426
20063545
20053648
20043438
20033244
20022932
20013439
20001922
19993745
19982529
19973536
19963952
19953237
19943042
19933538
19923538
19913341
19904750
19895259
19884141
19873742
19864650
19854551
19843646
19833538
19824754
19813641
19804051
19792835

Map of recent crashes in Dalkeith

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dalkeith

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dalkeith

The 24 most recent collisions in Dalkeith happened between 9 June 2023 and 31 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dalkeith

The A6094 has the most collisions in Dalkeith, 286 of 1,334 (21%), followed by the A68 (224).

Collisions in Dalkeith on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6094286344167
2ndA68224264363
3rdA75874119
4thA7683747013
5thB6414344414
6thB6392324701
7thB7033250011
8thA610691103
9thB64828902
10thB64554403

Council area for Dalkeith

Dalkeith is in Midlothian, where police recorded 10,103 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dalkeith accounts for 13% of them.

Postcode districts in Dalkeith

Collisions in Dalkeith were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by EH22 (1,314) and EH18 (20).