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Prestonpans road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 504 road traffic collisions in Prestonpans, East Lothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 616 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 115 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
504
1,158th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
616
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
115
134 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Prestonpans

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.4%
  • Serious11523%
  • Slight38276%

What the data shows

  • Prestonpans had 41 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 94 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Prestonpans were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 177 children under 16 were killed or injured in Prestonpans, 29% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Prestonpans.

Where Prestonpans ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,158th
Most casualties
1,180th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,041st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday74 (15%)
  • Tuesday60 (12%)
  • Wednesday81 (16%)
  • Thursday68 (13%)
  • Friday77 (15%)
  • Saturday75 (15%)
  • Sunday69 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight355 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit138 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway499 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph16 (3.2%)
  • 30 mph448 (89%)
  • 40 mph12 (2.4%)
  • 60 mph27 (5.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds406 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds64 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (2.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant244 (40%)
  • Pedestrian201 (33%)
  • Cyclist63 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist46 (7.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant39 (6.3%)
  • Van occupant20 (3.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Prestonpans road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Prestonpans, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Prestonpans peaked at 23 in 1985; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202411
202389
202234
202133
202055
201923
201866
201767
201657
20151420
20141013
2013812
201289
201167
201088
20091010
20081618
200755
200699
20051111
200477
20031113
20021622
2001810
20001317
19991013
19981218
19971925
19961819
19951415
19941415
19931313
19921012
19911822
19901719
19891113
19881317
19871218
19861114
19852329
19841316
19831818
19821316
19811521
19801520
19791424

Map of recent crashes in Prestonpans

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Prestonpans

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Prestonpans

The 24 most recent collisions in Prestonpans happened between 23 May 2019 and 3 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Prestonpans

The B1348 has the most collisions in Prestonpans, 146 of 504 (29%), followed by the B1361 (43).

Collisions in Prestonpans on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1348146171441
2ndB13614364112
3rdA198193116
4thB134441002

Council area for Prestonpans

Prestonpans is in East Lothian, where police recorded 9,664 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Prestonpans accounts for 5.2% of them.

Postcode district for Prestonpans

All 504 collisions in Prestonpans were in the EH32 postcode district.