Road crashes in Midlothian

4,396 recorded collisions since 2000.

Midlothian has recorded 4,396 road collisions since 2000, 61 of them fatal and 782 causing serious injury. That makes it the 316th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 13.9 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 75% since 2000, from 273 to 68 in 2024. The A6094 is the most affected road locally, with 347 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.