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City Centre, City of Edinburgh, EH3 8BZ area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,226
224th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,397
1.14 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
21
Down 16% on 2024

Crash severity at the EH3 8BZ hotspot

190 of the 1,226 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal30.2%
  • Serious18715%
  • Slight1,03685%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
193
Slightly injured
1,201
All casualties
1,397

Accidents by year at the EH3 8BZ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 82 in 2004, against an average of 49 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the EH3 8BZ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252121
20242528
20231923
20222324
20211315
20202020
20192628
20182526
20173950
20163739
20155970
20144351
20135359
20125057
20116882
20105764
20096470
20087086
20077078
20066572
20057386
20048289
20037181
20027181
20018297

Map of crashes at the EH3 8BZ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near EH3 8BZ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the City Centre, City of Edinburgh, EH3 8BZ area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the EH3 8BZ hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
City Centre
Nearest postcode to the centre
EH3 8BZ
Postcode district
EH3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.94561, -3.21099
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
10 December 2025
Rank by collisions
224th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the EH3 8BZ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A8, with 252 of 1,226, followed by the A702 with 192.

Collisions at the EH3 8BZ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8252276130
2ndA702192227029
3rdA707994118
4thA906777010
5thA7006467013
6thB700505407
7thB701171905
8thA900131702

Towns near the EH3 8BZ hotspot

All 1,226 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Edinburgh.

All 1,226 crashes at the EH3 8BZ hotspot

Newest first, from 11 January 2001 to 10 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year