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Liberton/Gilmerton, City of Edinburgh, EH17 8NR area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
298
2,636th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
351
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
6
Down 45% on 2024

Crash severity at the EH17 8NR hotspot

55 of the 298 collisions here (18%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.3%
  • Serious5418%
  • Slight24382%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
55
Slightly injured
295
All casualties
351

Accidents by year at the EH17 8NR hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 21 in 2002, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the EH17 8NR hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
20241115
202333
20221112
2021810
202055
201956
20181010
20171114
20161315
20151214
20141012
2013910
20121819
20111827
20101112
20091011
20081212
20071111
20061114
20051923
20041623
20031619
20022121
20012127

Map of crashes at the EH17 8NR hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near EH17 8NR.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Liberton/Gilmerton, City of Edinburgh, EH17 8NR 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 EH17 8NR 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
Liberton/Gilmerton
Nearest postcode to the centre
EH17 8NR
Postcode district
EH17
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.90679, -3.14177
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
21 June 2025
Rank by collisions
2,636th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the EH17 8NR hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B701, with 113 of 298, followed by the A7 with 69.

Collisions at the EH17 8NR hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB701113130023
2ndA76989010
3rdA7724251111

Towns near the EH17 8NR hotspot

294 of the 298 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Edinburgh.

All 298 crashes at the EH17 8NR hotspot

Newest first, from 26 January 2001 to 21 June 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year