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Kirkliston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 185 road traffic collisions in Kirkliston, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 222 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 38 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
185
2,030th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
222
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
38
40 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kirkliston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.5%
  • Serious3821%
  • Slight14679%

What the data shows

  • Kirkliston had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 37 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Kirkliston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 55 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kirkliston, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Kirkliston.

Where Kirkliston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,030th
Most casualties
2,144th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,042nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (16%)
  • Tuesday32 (17%)
  • Wednesday22 (12%)
  • Thursday27 (15%)
  • Friday30 (16%)
  • Saturday27 (15%)
  • Sunday17 (9.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight133 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (5.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (2.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway177 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (2.7%)
  • Roundabout2 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph17 (9.2%)
  • 30 mph143 (77%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph21 (11%)
  • 70 mph3 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds139 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (2.7%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other4 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant99 (45%)
  • Pedestrian56 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (15%)
  • Cyclist20 (9%)
  • Van occupant9 (4.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kirkliston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kirkliston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kirkliston peaked at 9 in 2005; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202444
202322
202223
202122
202000
201911
201822
201758
201622
201546
201455
201344
201277
201137
201033
200933
200835
200755
200600
2005910
200455
200369
200245
200133
200088
199959
199822
199789
199667
199544
199446
199356
199211
199122
199033
198967
198811
198767
198656
198568
198433
1983710
198200
1981710
198055
197933

Map of recent crashes in Kirkliston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kirkliston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kirkliston

The 24 most recent collisions in Kirkliston happened between 22 June 2016 and 26 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kirkliston

The B800 has the most collisions in Kirkliston, 56 of 185 (30%), followed by the B9080 (29).

Collisions in Kirkliston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB8005667014
2ndB9080293306

Council area for Kirkliston

Kirkliston is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kirkliston accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Kirkliston

All 185 collisions in Kirkliston were in the EH29 postcode district.