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Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH8 9HL area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,017
347th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,121
1.10 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
15
Down 21% on 2024

Crash severity at the EH8 9HL hotspot

173 of the 1,017 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal30.3%
  • Serious17017%
  • Slight84483%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
178
Slightly injured
940
All casualties
1,121

Accidents by year at the EH8 9HL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 69 in 2001, against an average of 41 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the EH8 9HL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251516
20241919
20231111
20222425
20211319
202099
20192324
20183338
20173437
20164957
20154549
20143636
20135357
20126064
20114851
20105460
20093839
20086675
20074756
20065154
20055254
20046165
20035264
20025558
20016984

Map of crashes at the EH8 9HL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near EH8 9HL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH8 9HL 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 EH8 9HL 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
EH8 9HL
Postcode district
EH8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.94411, -3.1821
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
19 December 2025
Rank by collisions
347th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the EH8 9HL hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A7, with 403 of 1,017, followed by the A700 with 48.

Collisions at the EH8 9HL hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7403449268
2ndA700485407
3rdB1350171802
4thA68161901
5thA7012200
6thA11100

Towns near the EH8 9HL hotspot

978 of the 1,017 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Edinburgh.

All 1,017 crashes at the EH8 9HL hotspot

Newest first, from 12 January 2001 to 19 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year