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Tranent road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 591 road traffic collisions in Tranent, East Lothian, from 1979 to 2025, and 694 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 154 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
591
1,050th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
694
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
154
168 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Tranent

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.7%
  • Serious15426%
  • Slight43373%

What the data shows

  • Tranent had 78 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 28% fewer than the 108 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Tranent were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 186 children under 16 were killed or injured in Tranent, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Tranent.

Where Tranent ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,050th
Most casualties
1,107th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
841st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday97 (16%)
  • Tuesday65 (11%)
  • Wednesday81 (14%)
  • Thursday93 (16%)
  • Friday97 (16%)
  • Saturday90 (15%)
  • Sunday68 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight422 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit151 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway578 (98%)
  • Roundabout7 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph34 (5.8%)
  • 30 mph517 (87%)
  • 40 mph11 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph29 (4.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds479 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds58 (9.8%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other22 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian289 (42%)
  • Car occupant231 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist71 (10%)
  • Cyclist55 (7.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant25 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant16 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Tranent road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Tranent, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Tranent peaked at 29 in 1979; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202455
202356
202245
202167
202077
201977
20181217
20171926
201668
20151415
20141011
20131015
201279
20111320
2010810
200977
20081414
20071011
20061517
20052024
200445
20031114
200288
20011012
20001418
19991010
19982429
19971314
1996710
19951314
19941314
19931719
1992911
19911919
19901919
1989711
19881621
19871011
19861314
19851819
19841720
19832020
19822123
19812125
19802227
19792939

Map of recent crashes in Tranent

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Tranent

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Tranent

The 24 most recent collisions in Tranent happened between 29 June 2021 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Tranent

The A199 has the most collisions in Tranent, 165 of 591 (28%), followed by the B6371 (106).

Collisions in Tranent on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA199165189036
2ndB6371106133135
3rdA17385129
4thB6414294607
5thB63555601

Council area for Tranent

Tranent is in East Lothian, where police recorded 9,664 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Tranent accounts for 6.1% of them.

Postcode district for Tranent

All 591 collisions in Tranent were in the EH33 postcode district.