Skip to main content
CrashStats

Ratho Station and Newbridge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 310 road traffic collisions in Ratho Station and Newbridge, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 427 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 64 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
310
1,521st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
427
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
64
71 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ratho Station and Newbridge

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.6%
  • Serious6421%
  • Slight24178%

What the data shows

  • Ratho Station and Newbridge had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 67 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Ratho Station and Newbridge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 47 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ratho Station and Newbridge, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in Ratho Station and Newbridge.

Where Ratho Station and Newbridge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,521st
Most casualties
1,463rd
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,515th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday54 (17%)
  • Tuesday57 (18%)
  • Wednesday44 (14%)
  • Thursday46 (15%)
  • Friday57 (18%)
  • Saturday26 (8.4%)
  • Sunday26 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight234 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit54 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (5.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway203 (65%)
  • Dual carriageway99 (32%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph92 (30%)
  • 40 mph124 (40%)
  • 50 mph10 (3.2%)
  • 60 mph49 (16%)
  • 70 mph33 (11%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds229 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (2.6%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other17 (5.5%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant280 (66%)
  • Motorcyclist44 (10%)
  • Pedestrian38 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant31 (7.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (2.6%)
  • Cyclist8 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ratho Station and Newbridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ratho Station and Newbridge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ratho Station and Newbridge peaked at 19 in 2006; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202469
202300
202211
202122
202055
201935
201822
2017711
201644
2015911
201446
201333
201258
2011711
201045
200935
2008410
2007915
20061925
200568
200456
200366
200257
200156
2000913
199946
19981315
1997719
19961014
1995711
199477
199388
19921319
19911421
19901314
19891418
198823
198769
1986712
1985910
1984812
1983911
198233
198169
19801115
197934

Map of recent crashes in Ratho Station and Newbridge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ratho Station and Newbridge

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ratho Station and Newbridge

The 24 most recent collisions in Ratho Station and Newbridge happened between 14 November 2017 and 12 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ratho Station and Newbridge

The A8 has the most collisions in Ratho Station and Newbridge, 61 of 310 (20%), followed by the A89 (46).

Collisions in Ratho Station and Newbridge on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA86173416
2ndA894666011
3rdM8244106
4thB7030131805
5thM9132804

Council area for Ratho Station and Newbridge

Ratho Station and Newbridge is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ratho Station and Newbridge accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Ratho Station and Newbridge

Of the 310 collisions in Ratho Station and Newbridge, 308 (99%) were in the EH28 postcode district.