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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH4 on 5 December 2025 at 10:55 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Volvo V90 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 10:55 on Friday 5 December 2025. The 45-year-old male driver of the Volvo V90 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 2025
Friday, 10:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Volvo V90
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96757, longitude -3.23552, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Inverleith, City of Edinburgh, EH4 2QS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025991679529
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo V90

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,969 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V90)

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 2025991679529 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.