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Penicuik road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 832 road traffic collisions in Penicuik, Midlothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 959 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 200 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
832
859th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
959
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
200
211 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Penicuik

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.1%
  • Serious20024%
  • Slight62375%

What the data shows

  • Penicuik had 49 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 117 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Penicuik were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 250 children under 16 were killed or injured in Penicuik, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Penicuik.

Where Penicuik ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
859th
Most casualties
904th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
705th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday112 (13%)
  • Tuesday111 (13%)
  • Wednesday125 (15%)
  • Thursday106 (13%)
  • Friday147 (18%)
  • Saturday129 (16%)
  • Sunday102 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight611 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit207 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway822 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.1%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph765 (92%)
  • 40 mph20 (2.4%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph35 (4.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds657 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds107 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other7 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded14 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant347 (36%)
  • Pedestrian317 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist107 (11%)
  • Cyclist105 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant61 (6.4%)
  • Van occupant15 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Penicuik road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Penicuik, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Penicuik peaked at 38 in 1989; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202444
202344
202222
202156
202025
201999
201879
201799
201666
201577
20141111
201366
20121314
20111213
20101112
20091619
20081214
20071517
20061416
20051419
20041919
20031718
20022225
20012833
20002122
19991315
19982224
19972438
19962731
19951617
19942327
19931923
19923034
19913237
19902835
19893845
19882831
19873545
19862529
19852833
19842527
19832931
19823032
19813132
19801919
19792333

Map of recent crashes in Penicuik

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Penicuik

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Penicuik

The 24 most recent collisions in Penicuik happened between 3 June 2019 and 19 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Penicuik

The A701 has the most collisions in Penicuik, 316 of 832 (38%), followed by the B7026 (22).

Collisions in Penicuik on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA701316365667
2ndB7026222607
3rdA766101002
4thB637291502
5thA7025612

Council area for Penicuik

Penicuik is in Midlothian, where police recorded 10,103 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Penicuik accounts for 8.2% of them.

Postcode district for Penicuik

All 832 collisions in Penicuik were in the EH26 postcode district.