Road crashes in West Lothian

8,798 recorded collisions since 2000.

West Lothian has recorded 8,798 road collisions since 2000, 144 of them fatal and 1,326 causing serious injury. That makes it the 167th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 16.4 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 71% since 2000, from 458 to 133 in 2024. The M8 is the most affected road locally, with 617 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.