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Livingston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,000 road traffic collisions in Livingston, West Lothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,902 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 32 were fatal and 590 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 24 collisions, up 4% on 2024 (23).

Collisions since 1979
3,000
332nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,902
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
32
33 people killed
Serious collisions
590
655 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
24
Up 4% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
28
Down 3% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Livingston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal321.1%
  • Serious59020%
  • Slight2,37879%

What the data shows

  • Livingston had 315 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 721 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Livingston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 735 children under 16 were killed or injured in Livingston, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Livingston.

Where Livingston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
332nd
Most casualties
323rd
Most fatal collisions
323rd
Most serious collisions
292nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday424 (14%)
  • Tuesday458 (15%)
  • Wednesday447 (15%)
  • Thursday464 (15%)
  • Friday534 (18%)
  • Saturday387 (13%)
  • Sunday286 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,180 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit708 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting68 (2.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit39 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,597 (87%)
  • Roundabout170 (5.7%)
  • Dual carriageway155 (5.2%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded44 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 15 mph3 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph74 (2.5%)
  • 30 mph2,377 (79%)
  • 40 mph154 (5.1%)
  • 50 mph89 (3%)
  • 60 mph201 (6.7%)
  • 70 mph100 (3.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,199 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds448 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds83 (2.8%)
  • Fine with high winds60 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds41 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist24 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (0.3%)
  • Other100 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded37 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,291 (59%)
  • Pedestrian684 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist303 (7.8%)
  • Cyclist247 (6.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant166 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant145 (3.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)17 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant17 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant15 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Livingston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Livingston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Livingston peaked at 95 in 2002; 2025 had 24.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 24
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252428
20242329
20231215
20223041
20212432
20201523
20194259
20184862
20174971
20164866
20157397
20146067
20137294
20126884
20116479
201085124
20096285
200886115
200780109
20067194
200586105
200476111
20036991
200295121
200189117
20007489
19995971
199883126
199779122
19967498
199589101
199483109
19936396
19928398
199185101
19907595
19896582
19886786
19875968
19866286
19857498
19844965
19835157
19826987
19818296
19805974
19796578

Map of recent crashes in Livingston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Livingston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Livingston

The 24 most recent collisions in Livingston happened between 3 January and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Livingston

The B7015 has the most collisions in Livingston, 162 of 3,000 (5.4%), followed by the B8046 (136).

Collisions in Livingston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB7015162245036
2ndB8046136188535
3rdA8998711305
4thA7185118418
5thM873115219
6thA895389415
7thA705517514
8thA7672129010
9thA7795902

Council area for Livingston

Livingston is in West Lothian, where police recorded 19,081 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Livingston accounts for 16% of them.

Postcode districts in Livingston

Collisions in Livingston were recorded in 5 postcode districts, led by EH54 (2,675) and EH53 (283).