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Polbeth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 155 road traffic collisions in Polbeth, West Lothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 191 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 56 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
155
2,228th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
191
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
56
60 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Polbeth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal53.2%
  • Serious5636%
  • Slight9461%

What the data shows

  • Polbeth had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 59% fewer than the 29 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 39% of collisions in Polbeth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 67 children under 16 were killed or injured in Polbeth, 35% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Polbeth.

Where Polbeth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,228th
Most casualties
2,333rd
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,627th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23 (15%)
  • Tuesday23 (15%)
  • Wednesday27 (17%)
  • Thursday16 (10%)
  • Friday26 (17%)
  • Saturday22 (14%)
  • Sunday18 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight115 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway154 (99%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph135 (87%)
  • 40 mph9 (5.8%)
  • 60 mph8 (5.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds124 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (3.2%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.6%)
  • Other3 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant73 (38%)
  • Pedestrian67 (35%)
  • Cyclist17 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant12 (6.3%)
  • Motorcyclist11 (5.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (3.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Polbeth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Polbeth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Polbeth peaked at 7 in 2001; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202300
202237
202111
202000
201911
201800
201733
201637
201535
201457
201311
201234
201145
201023
200935
200855
200723
200611
200556
2004510
200322
200211
200178
200022
199944
199855
199767
199633
199579
199422
199333
199233
199155
199022
198957
198867
198744
198644
198555
198444
198356
198257
198133
198056
197967

Map of recent crashes in Polbeth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Polbeth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Polbeth

The 24 most recent collisions in Polbeth happened between 11 April 2012 and 26 August 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Polbeth

Of the 155 collisions in Polbeth, 90 were on the A71.

Collisions in Polbeth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7190120536

Council area for Polbeth

Polbeth is in West Lothian, where police recorded 19,081 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Polbeth accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Polbeth

All 155 collisions in Polbeth were in the EH55 postcode district.