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City of Edinburgh road accidents in 2015: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,111 road traffic collisions in the City of Edinburgh in 2015, and 1,323 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 142 were serious.

Collisions were down 12% on 2014 (1,259), and casualties fell from 1,471.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 74,538 collisions in the City of Edinburgh.

Collisions in 2015
1,111
Down 12% on 2014
Casualties in 2015
1,323
Down 10% on 2014
Fatal collisions
3
0.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
142
13% of collisions

Crash severity in the City of Edinburgh in 2015

0.3% of collisions in the City of Edinburgh in 2015 were fatal and 13% serious, against 1.1% and 20% in the City of Edinburgh from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal30.3%
  • Serious14213%
  • Slight96687%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal30.2%
  • Serious14811%
  • Slight1,17289%

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. 2015 is highlighted, with 1,111, down 12% on 2014.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2015: 1,111
  • 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 in 2015

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday158 (14%)
  • Tuesday184 (17%)
  • Wednesday176 (16%)
  • Thursday178 (16%)
  • Friday187 (17%)
  • Saturday123 (11%)
  • Sunday105 (9.5%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5931 (2.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5918 (1.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:59139 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:59182 (16%)
  • 12:00 to 14:59214 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59292 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:59160 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5975 (6.8%)

Collisions by month

  • January89 (8%)
  • February89 (8%)
  • March87 (7.8%)
  • April77 (6.9%)
  • May80 (7.2%)
  • June84 (7.6%)
  • July96 (8.6%)
  • August113 (10%)
  • September80 (7.2%)
  • October106 (9.5%)
  • November116 (10%)
  • December94 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight841 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit235 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds861 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds117 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds40 (3.6%)
  • Raining with high winds34 (3.1%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other13 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded35 (3.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry779 (70%)
  • Wet or damp318 (29%)
  • Frost or ice7 (0.6%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep4 (0.4%)
  • Snow3 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph40 (3.6%)
  • 30 mph872 (78%)
  • 40 mph84 (7.6%)
  • 50 mph28 (2.5%)
  • 60 mph17 (1.5%)
  • 70 mph70 (6.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway908 (82%)
  • Dual carriageway134 (12%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (3.1%)
  • Roundabout31 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in the City of Edinburgh in 2015

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant566 (43%)
  • Pedestrian296 (22%)
  • Cyclist219 (17%)
  • Bus or coach occupant106 (8%)
  • Motorcyclist77 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant35 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant13 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 535 (2.6%)
  • 6 to 1031 (2.3%)
  • 11 to 1544 (3.3%)
  • 16 to 20114 (8.6%)
  • 21 to 25146 (11%)
  • 26 to 35252 (19%)
  • 36 to 45230 (17%)
  • 46 to 55208 (16%)
  • 56 to 65118 (8.9%)
  • 66 to 7573 (5.5%)
  • Over 7570 (5.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider735 (56%)
  • Pedestrian296 (22%)
  • Passenger292 (22%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car1,237 (64%)
  • Pedal cycle230 (12%)
  • Bus or coach142 (7.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes141 (7.2%)
  • Motorcycle81 (4.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car58 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes28 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle16 (0.8%)
  • Minibus11 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter2 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for the City of Edinburgh in 2015

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2015 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 ranked among 351 areas in 2015

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, the City of Edinburgh had the 12th most road collisions in 2015.

Collisions
12th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
15th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
176th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
16th
highest of 351 areas

Accident hotspots in the City of Edinburgh in 2015

City Centre, City of Edinburgh, EH2 2HG area was the busiest accident hotspot in the City of Edinburgh in 2015, with 90 collisions, 1 of them fatal.

Roads in the City of Edinburgh with the most crashes in 2015

The A8 had the most collisions in the City of Edinburgh in 2015: 61, including 5 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in the City of Edinburgh, 2015
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8616705
2ndA7465105
3rdA720395704
4thA90384707
5thA1354601
6thA71354303
7thM8304101
8thB701283304
9thA702273204
10thA900232503
11thA6095161800
12thA901142004
13thB6415141501
14thA70131700
15thB900131601
16thA199121602
17thA701101201
18thA902101402
19thA77281001
20thM981801

Towns in the City of Edinburgh: crashes in 2015

Edinburgh had the most collisions of any town in the City of Edinburgh in 2015: 916.

Postcode districts in the City of Edinburgh: crashes in 2015

EH12 had the most collisions of any postcode district in the City of Edinburgh in 2015: 104.

Latest crashes in the City of Edinburgh in 2015

Of the last 24 crashes in the City of Edinburgh in 2015, none were fatal and 2 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2015.

Severity

City of Edinburgh road accidents in other years