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City of Edinburgh road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 74,538 road traffic collisions in the City of Edinburgh from 1979 to 2025, and 90,165 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 822 were fatal and 15,096 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 469 collisions, down 2% on 2024 (481), and casualties fell from 610 to 593.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
74,538
10th highest of 351 areas
Casualties
90,165
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
822
1.1% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
469
Down 2% on 2024

Crash severity in the City of Edinburgh

1.1% of collisions in the City of Edinburgh from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 20% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal8221.1%
  • Serious15,09620%
  • Slight58,62079%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal8621%
  • Serious16,42318%
  • Slight72,88081%

City of Edinburgh road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in the City of Edinburgh, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 2,575 in 1980. In 2025 there were 469, down 2% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 469
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025469593
2024481610
2023450552
2022507615
2021482576
2020436506
2019728877
2018768940
20179071,083
20161,1431,348
20151,1111,323
20141,2591,471
20131,1591,369
20121,1631,372
20111,1811,372
20101,1791,394
20091,1931,403
20081,2991,548
20071,3321,591
20061,4441,735
20051,4041,708
20041,5441,789
20031,4611,741
20021,6601,982
20011,7742,137
20001,8912,366
19991,9382,373
19982,0592,446
19971,9872,408
19962,0142,454
19951,8552,209
19942,0772,496
19931,9652,332
19922,0932,538
19912,1112,555
19902,2642,749
19892,3062,766
19882,1372,567
19872,0432,498
19862,1442,601
19852,3522,892
19842,3902,896
19832,3822,861
19822,3962,979
19812,5113,113
19802,5753,175
19792,5143,256

When and where crashes happen in the City of Edinburgh

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday10,469 (14%)
  • Tuesday10,813 (15%)
  • Wednesday11,173 (15%)
  • Thursday11,903 (16%)
  • Friday12,905 (17%)
  • Saturday10,329 (14%)
  • Sunday6,946 (9.3%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:592,930 (3.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:591,210 (1.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:597,695 (10%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5910,879 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5914,478 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5919,638 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5911,283 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:596,425 (8.6%)

Collisions by month

  • January5,570 (7.5%)
  • February5,584 (7.5%)
  • March6,014 (8.1%)
  • April5,499 (7.4%)
  • May6,080 (8.2%)
  • June6,129 (8.2%)
  • July5,859 (7.9%)
  • August7,074 (9.5%)
  • September6,347 (8.5%)
  • October6,830 (9.2%)
  • November7,001 (9.4%)
  • December6,551 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight53,658 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit18,736 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1,299 (1.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit734 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown111 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds58,062 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds10,629 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds1,817 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1,191 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds556 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist256 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds63 (0.1%)
  • Other1,142 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded822 (1.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry49,943 (67%)
  • Wet or damp22,827 (31%)
  • Frost or ice1,246 (1.7%)
  • Snow396 (0.5%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep85 (0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel8 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud3 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded30 (under 0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph9 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph3,106 (4.2%)
  • 30 mph60,385 (81%)
  • 40 mph5,523 (7.4%)
  • 50 mph616 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph2,419 (3.2%)
  • 70 mph2,474 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway62,467 (84%)
  • Dual carriageway7,531 (10%)
  • Roundabout2,738 (3.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1,586 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded216 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in the City of Edinburgh

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant34,161 (38%)
  • Pedestrian23,410 (26%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10,013 (11%)
  • Cyclist9,429 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist7,985 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant2,439 (2.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1,644 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)420 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant315 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant311 (0.3%)
  • Other24 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded14 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 52,559 (2.8%)
  • 6 to 104,002 (4.4%)
  • 11 to 155,029 (5.6%)
  • 16 to 2011,904 (13%)
  • 21 to 2511,869 (13%)
  • 26 to 3516,744 (19%)
  • 36 to 4511,707 (13%)
  • 46 to 558,973 (10%)
  • 56 to 657,016 (7.8%)
  • 66 to 755,189 (5.8%)
  • Over 754,721 (5.2%)
  • Not recorded452 (0.5%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider40,740 (45%)
  • Passenger26,015 (29%)
  • Pedestrian23,410 (26%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car77,217 (63%)
  • Bus or coach12,127 (9.8%)
  • Pedal cycle9,817 (8%)
  • Motorcycle8,463 (6.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes7,900 (6.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car3,715 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes2,521 (2%)
  • Other vehicle1,004 (0.8%)
  • Minibus473 (0.4%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)17 (under 0.1%)
  • Other51 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded68 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in the City of Edinburgh

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in the City of Edinburgh

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How the City of Edinburgh ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, the City of Edinburgh had the 10th most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
10th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
14th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
29th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
6th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
7thLiverpool90,801127,1521,04512,259
8thBradford80,457109,9101,10612,966
9thCornwall78,835109,0981,46614,892
10thCity of Edinburgh (this area)74,53890,16582215,096
11thLambeth73,57685,04653811,218
12thBuckinghamshire72,942100,4751,41713,125
13thSheffield71,90693,68889612,412

Accident hotspots in the City of Edinburgh

City Centre, City of Edinburgh, EH2 2HG area is the busiest accident hotspot in the City of Edinburgh, with 2,741 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 13 of them fatal.

Roads in the City of Edinburgh with the most crashes

The A8 had the most collisions in the City of Edinburgh from 1979 to 2025: 6,469, including 67 fatal and 1,235 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in the City of Edinburgh, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA86,4697,910671,235
2ndA73,4014,05130720
3rdA902,8993,76150593
4thA7022,5632,96218558
5thA712,4243,10140526
6thA12,1742,73639424
7thA9002,0632,28913385
8thA7202,0312,87532378
9thA701,8562,26829424
10thA9021,3801,68821338
11thB7011,1601,38521237
12thA1991,0241,30816232
13thA9019471,10922177
14thA60958921,10914234
15thA7018621,11914190
16thB9007999016159
17thA6867689210156
18thB9016327104130
19thA7005856684133
20thM85779341170

Towns in the City of Edinburgh

Edinburgh had the most collisions of any town in the City of Edinburgh from 1979 to 2025: 64,907.

Postcode districts in the City of Edinburgh

EH4 had the most collisions of any postcode district in the City of Edinburgh from 1979 to 2025: 6,529.

Latest crashes in the City of Edinburgh

Of the latest 24 crashes in the City of Edinburgh, none were fatal and 12 were serious. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.

Severity