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

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
92
8,534th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
141
1.53 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Crash severity at the EH17 8QD hotspot

15 of the 92 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal33.3%
  • Serious1213%
  • Slight7784%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
16
Slightly injured
122
All casualties
141

Accidents by year at the EH17 8QD hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2006, against an average of 3.7 a year from 2001 to 2025.

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

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202524
202447
202347
202234
202126
202011
201946
201844
201724
201655
2015614
201456
2013510
201223
201166
201037
200934
200858
200733
2006711
200534
200434
200357
200234
200122

Map of crashes at the EH17 8QD hotspot

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

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Liberton/Gilmerton, City of Edinburgh, EH17 8QD area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the EH17 8QD 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 8QD
Postcode district
EH17
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.89496, -3.12724
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
18 December 2025
Rank by collisions
8,534th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the EH17 8QD hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A720, with 54 of 92, followed by the A768 with 3.

Collisions at the EH17 8QD hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA720547917
2ndA7683300

Towns near the EH17 8QD hotspot

2 of the 92 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Edinburgh.

All 92 crashes at the EH17 8QD hotspot

Newest first, from 13 January 2001 to 18 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year