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Gorebridge and Mayfield road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,130 road traffic collisions in Gorebridge and Mayfield, Midlothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,324 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 255 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,130
694th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,324
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Serious collisions
255
276 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Gorebridge and Mayfield

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal121.1%
  • Serious25523%
  • Slight86376%

What the data shows

  • Gorebridge and Mayfield had 99 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 225 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Gorebridge and Mayfield were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 417 children under 16 were killed or injured in Gorebridge and Mayfield, 32% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Gorebridge and Mayfield.

Where Gorebridge and Mayfield ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
694th
Most casualties
720th
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
574th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday144 (13%)
  • Tuesday140 (12%)
  • Wednesday118 (10%)
  • Thursday185 (16%)
  • Friday217 (19%)
  • Saturday186 (16%)
  • Sunday140 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight846 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit252 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,091 (97%)
  • Roundabout22 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (0.6%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph23 (2%)
  • 30 mph986 (87%)
  • 40 mph51 (4.5%)
  • 60 mph69 (6.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds916 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds100 (8.8%)
  • Fine with high winds31 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other25 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded15 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant476 (36%)
  • Pedestrian443 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist132 (10%)
  • Cyclist112 (8.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant90 (6.8%)
  • Van occupant45 (3.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Gorebridge and Mayfield road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Gorebridge and Mayfield, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Gorebridge and Mayfield peaked at 39 in 2005; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
2024911
20231012
20221015
2021710
2020715
20191015
20181013
20171314
20161822
20152428
20141924
20131617
20122429
20112626
20102530
20093032
20081520
20072327
20062324
20053946
20042427
20032631
20022633
20011925
20002830
19992634
19982838
19973436
19963944
19953032
19942225
19933036
19923846
19912328
19903033
19893335
19883740
19872932
19862428
19853540
19842934
19832629
19822736
19813842
19803034
19793641

Map of recent crashes in Gorebridge and Mayfield

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Gorebridge and Mayfield

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Gorebridge and Mayfield

The 24 most recent collisions in Gorebridge and Mayfield happened between 2 March 2023 and 20 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Gorebridge and Mayfield

The B704 has the most collisions in Gorebridge and Mayfield, 138 of 1,130 (12%), followed by the A7 (109).

Collisions in Gorebridge and Mayfield on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB704138168130
2ndA7109152225
3rdB64826579017
4thB7034046014
5thB64553538312
6thB6372254107

Council area for Gorebridge and Mayfield

Gorebridge and Mayfield is in Midlothian, where police recorded 10,103 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Gorebridge and Mayfield accounts for 11% of them.

Postcode districts in Gorebridge and Mayfield

Collisions in Gorebridge and Mayfield were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by EH22 (707) and EH23 (411).