A904 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 26 October 2025 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Kia Picanto were involved in a crash on the A904 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:00 on Sunday 26 October 2025. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2025
- Sunday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Kia Picanto
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98382, longitude -3.40528, in the EH30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Queensferry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH30 9LZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991659461
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 904
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 904
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2008.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A904 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 June 2008
8 m awayRef 2008950004787
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 27 September 2013
33 m awayRef 2013950005359
Fatal
Car crash on the A904 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 June 1981
40 m awayRef 198195681F014
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 21 May 2010
46 m awayRef 2010950003608
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 29 January 2000
46 m awayRef 2000950000963
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 22 February 2008
46 m awayRef 2008950001931
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Picanto)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Picanto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2025991659461 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of Edinburgh road accident statistics for 2025.