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Loanhead road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 548 road traffic collisions in Loanhead, Midlothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 675 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 123 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
548
1,098th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
675
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
123
132 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Loanhead

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.6%
  • Serious12322%
  • Slight41676%

What the data shows

  • Loanhead had 59 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 112 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Loanhead were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 127 children under 16 were killed or injured in Loanhead, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Loanhead.

Where Loanhead ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,098th
Most casualties
1,122nd
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
987th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday76 (14%)
  • Tuesday94 (17%)
  • Wednesday75 (14%)
  • Thursday73 (13%)
  • Friday89 (16%)
  • Saturday80 (15%)
  • Sunday61 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight411 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit123 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (1.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway481 (88%)
  • Dual carriageway33 (6%)
  • Roundabout26 (4.7%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (2.2%)
  • 30 mph410 (75%)
  • 40 mph92 (17%)
  • 60 mph34 (6.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds414 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds72 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other19 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant329 (49%)
  • Pedestrian158 (23%)
  • Cyclist54 (8%)
  • Motorcyclist53 (7.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant40 (5.9%)
  • Van occupant24 (3.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Loanhead road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Loanhead, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Loanhead peaked at 26 in 1996; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202433
202335
202279
202166
202048
201944
201889
20171115
20161010
20151216
20141216
2013911
20121222
20111010
20101314
2009911
20081522
20071215
2006810
2005911
20041417
20031722
2002710
2001910
20001114
199978
19981218
19971521
19962631
19951315
1994911
19931213
199299
19911216
19901920
19892225
19881717
19871012
19862328
19851315
19841924
19831518
19822024
19811620
19801112
19791015

Map of recent crashes in Loanhead

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Loanhead

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Loanhead

The 24 most recent collisions in Loanhead happened between 19 October 2020 and 6 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Loanhead

The A701 has the most collisions in Loanhead, 100 of 548 (18%), followed by the A768 (86).

Collisions in Loanhead on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA701100131125
2ndA76886103429
3rdB702445727

Council area for Loanhead

Loanhead is in Midlothian, where police recorded 10,103 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Loanhead accounts for 5.4% of them.

Postcode district for Loanhead

All 548 collisions in Loanhead were in the EH20 postcode district.