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Whitburn (West Lothian) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 516 road traffic collisions in Whitburn, West Lothian, from 1980 to 2025, and 646 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 85 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
516
1,140th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
646
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
85
91 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whitburn

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal20.4%
  • Serious8516%
  • Slight42983%

What the data shows

  • Whitburn had 64 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 118 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Whitburn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 171 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whitburn, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Whitburn.

Where Whitburn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,140th
Most casualties
1,145th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,258th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday74 (14%)
  • Tuesday70 (14%)
  • Wednesday61 (12%)
  • Thursday93 (18%)
  • Friday98 (19%)
  • Saturday74 (14%)
  • Sunday46 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight367 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit125 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit17 (3.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway506 (98%)
  • Roundabout6 (1.2%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph465 (90%)
  • 40 mph18 (3.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph19 (3.7%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds390 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds71 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds17 (3.3%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other12 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant320 (50%)
  • Pedestrian216 (33%)
  • Cyclist35 (5.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant28 (4.3%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (3.3%)
  • Van occupant16 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whitburn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whitburn, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Whitburn peaked at 39 in 1998; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202456
202345
202256
202189
202046
201924
2018810
20171216
20161013
2015610
20141018
20131515
201247
20111616
20101212
20091111
20081515
2007915
20062023
20051319
20041722
20032531
20022227
20012640
20002128
19991720
19983949
19972328
19962128
19951819
19942230
19932326
19922632
19912023
199000
198900
198800
198700
198600
198500
198400
198300
198200
198100
198011

Map of recent crashes in Whitburn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whitburn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whitburn

The 24 most recent collisions in Whitburn happened between 28 July 2021 and 17 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whitburn

The B7069 has the most collisions in Whitburn, 86 of 516 (17%), followed by the A705 (78).

Collisions in Whitburn on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB70698699115
2ndA70578101013
3rdA7067284014
4thB7066163106

Council area for Whitburn

Whitburn is in West Lothian, where police recorded 19,081 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whitburn accounts for 2.7% of them.

Postcode district for Whitburn

All 516 collisions in Whitburn were in the EH47 postcode district.