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East Calder road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 290 road traffic collisions in East Calder, West Lothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 396 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 69 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
290
1,584th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
396
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
69
75 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for East Calder

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.4%
  • Serious6924%
  • Slight21775%

What the data shows

  • East Calder had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 42 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in East Calder were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 62 children under 16 were killed or injured in East Calder, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in East Calder.

Where East Calder ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,584th
Most casualties
1,538th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,440th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday42 (14%)
  • Tuesday30 (10%)
  • Wednesday44 (15%)
  • Thursday43 (15%)
  • Friday52 (18%)
  • Saturday48 (17%)
  • Sunday31 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight207 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit57 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (7.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway287 (99%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1%)
  • 30 mph198 (68%)
  • 40 mph8 (2.8%)
  • 50 mph9 (3.1%)
  • 60 mph71 (24%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds221 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other8 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant183 (46%)
  • Pedestrian76 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist47 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant42 (11%)
  • Cyclist25 (6.3%)
  • Van occupant16 (4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

East Calder road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in East Calder, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in East Calder peaked at 16 in 1979; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202433
202300
202200
202112
202011
201933
201844
201766
201656
2015711
201444
201336
201266
201133
201033
200924
200845
200723
2006811
200544
20041226
200333
200266
200177
200033
199988
199868
19971529
19961114
1995812
19941112
1993912
199259
199188
1990919
1989910
198877
198733
19861315
19851016
198455
198367
19821014
19811224
198089
19791624

Map of recent crashes in East Calder

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in East Calder

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in East Calder

The 24 most recent collisions in East Calder happened between 4 February 2016 and 8 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in East Calder

The B7015 has the most collisions in East Calder, 141 of 290 (49%), followed by the A71 (22).

Collisions in East Calder on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB7015141211429
2ndA71223106
3rdB703141703

Council area for East Calder

East Calder is in West Lothian, where police recorded 19,081 collisions from 1979 to 2025. East Calder accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode districts in East Calder

Collisions in East Calder were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by EH53 (287) and EH27 (3).