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Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH16 5PG area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
625
832nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
752
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
14
Up 17% on 2024

Crash severity at the EH16 5PG hotspot

90 of the 625 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.3%
  • Serious8814%
  • Slight53586%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
95
Slightly injured
655
All casualties
752

Accidents by year at the EH16 5PG hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 47 in 2002, against an average of 25 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the EH16 5PG hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 14
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251419
20241217
20231115
20221824
2021811
202088
20192426
20182527
20172224
20163031
20152631
20143539
20133032
20122228
20112936
20102738
20092628
20084057
20073343
20062633
20052334
20043637
20032732
20024754
20012628

Map of crashes at the EH16 5PG hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near EH16 5PG.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH16 5PG 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 EH16 5PG 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
Southside/Newington
Nearest postcode to the centre
EH16 5PG
Postcode district
EH16
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.93097, -3.17071
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
12 December 2025
Rank by collisions
832nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the EH16 5PG hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A7, with 177 of 625, followed by the A68 with 58.

Collisions at the EH16 5PG hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7177230220
2ndA68588405
3rdA7014968010
4thB60954400
5thA60951100

Towns near the EH16 5PG hotspot

583 of the 625 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Edinburgh.

All 625 crashes at the EH16 5PG hotspot

Newest first, from 30 January 2001 to 12 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year