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Dunbar road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 280 road traffic collisions in Dunbar, East Lothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 327 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 66 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
280
1,618th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
327
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
66
73 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dunbar

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.4%
  • Serious6624%
  • Slight21075%

What the data shows

  • Dunbar had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 42 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Dunbar were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 109 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dunbar, 33% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Dunbar.

Where Dunbar ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,618th
Most casualties
1,717th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,487th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday33 (12%)
  • Tuesday30 (11%)
  • Wednesday36 (13%)
  • Thursday36 (13%)
  • Friday58 (21%)
  • Saturday58 (21%)
  • Sunday29 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight200 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit71 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway268 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (2.5%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph18 (6.4%)
  • 30 mph253 (90%)
  • 60 mph9 (3.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds228 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Other4 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian110 (34%)
  • Car occupant97 (30%)
  • Cyclist58 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (8.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant22 (6.7%)
  • Van occupant11 (3.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dunbar road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dunbar, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dunbar peaked at 15 in 1996; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202333
202267
202122
202022
201922
201849
201745
201645
201522
201433
2013112
201233
201111
20101212
200911
200877
200788
200645
200544
200478
200345
200266
200166
200067
1999611
199867
199711
19961515
1995712
199433
19931011
199288
1991911
199088
19891011
198844
19871113
19861011
19851111
198477
19831515
198278
19811212
1980810
1979811

Map of recent crashes in Dunbar

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dunbar

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dunbar

The 24 most recent collisions in Dunbar happened between 30 August 2017 and 8 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dunbar

Of the 280 collisions in Dunbar, 116 were on the A1087.

Collisions in Dunbar on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1087116145228

Council area for Dunbar

Dunbar is in East Lothian, where police recorded 9,664 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dunbar accounts for 2.9% of them.

Postcode district for Dunbar

All 280 collisions in Dunbar were in the EH42 postcode district.