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Leith, City of Edinburgh, EH6 5HB area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
909
436th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,015
1.12 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Collisions in 2025
15
9 in 2024

Crash severity at the EH6 5HB hotspot

144 of the 909 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal101.1%
  • Serious13415%
  • Slight76584%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
10
Seriously injured
135
Slightly injured
870
All casualties
1,015

Accidents by year at the EH6 5HB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 66 in 2005, against an average of 36 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the EH6 5HB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251518
202499
202399
20221718
20211922
20201619
20192830
20182224
20172828
20163642
20154152
20144849
20134245
20124753
20114041
20104145
20092931
20084143
20075970
20065360
20056677
20044144
20033942
20025968
20016476

Map of crashes at the EH6 5HB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near EH6 5HB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Leith, City of Edinburgh, EH6 5HB area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the EH6 5HB 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
Leith
Nearest postcode to the centre
EH6 5HB
Postcode district
EH6
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.96968, -3.17361
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
13 November 2025
Rank by collisions
436th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the EH6 5HB hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A900, with 265 of 909, followed by the A901 with 178.

Collisions at the EH6 5HB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA900265289136
2ndA901178207527
3rdB900283708
4thA90291201
5thA71100
6thB8001101

Towns near the EH6 5HB hotspot

All 909 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Edinburgh.

All 909 crashes at the EH6 5HB hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 13 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year