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Haddington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 531 road traffic collisions in Haddington, East Lothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 637 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 125 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
531
1,119th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
637
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
13 people killed
Serious collisions
125
147 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Haddington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.9%
  • Serious12524%
  • Slight39675%

What the data shows

  • Haddington had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 92 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Haddington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 121 children under 16 were killed or injured in Haddington, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Haddington.

Where Haddington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,119th
Most casualties
1,160th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
976th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday74 (14%)
  • Tuesday73 (14%)
  • Wednesday83 (16%)
  • Thursday69 (13%)
  • Friday86 (16%)
  • Saturday77 (15%)
  • Sunday69 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight417 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit96 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (2.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway514 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (1.7%)
  • Roundabout5 (0.9%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph24 (4.5%)
  • 30 mph395 (74%)
  • 40 mph14 (2.6%)
  • 60 mph97 (18%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds450 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds53 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other10 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant256 (40%)
  • Pedestrian188 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist84 (13%)
  • Cyclist64 (10%)
  • Van occupant22 (3.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (1.9%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Haddington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Haddington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Haddington peaked at 26 in 1983; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202422
202356
202244
202133
202022
201957
201866
201755
201688
201555
201466
201344
201288
201178
20101112
20091417
20081213
20071314
20061215
200599
20041112
20031113
20021517
20011012
20002228
199978
19981116
19971519
19961213
199588
199499
19931315
19921012
19911318
19901520
19891316
19882438
19871011
19861921
19851723
19841519
19832627
19822021
19811720
19801928
19792233

Map of recent crashes in Haddington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Haddington

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Haddington

The 24 most recent collisions in Haddington happened between 5 November 2019 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Haddington

The A6093 has the most collisions in Haddington, 115 of 531 (22%), followed by the A1 (63).

Collisions in Haddington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6093115138031
2ndA16399722
3rdB64714351111
4thA61373536112
5thA199162102
6thB63683301

Council area for Haddington

Haddington is in East Lothian, where police recorded 9,664 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Haddington accounts for 5.5% of them.

Postcode district for Haddington

All 531 collisions in Haddington were in the EH41 postcode district.