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Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH9 1UE area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
358
2,050th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
406
1.13 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Crash severity at the EH9 1UE hotspot

59 of the 358 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal30.8%
  • Serious5616%
  • Slight29984%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
56
Slightly injured
347
All casualties
406

Accidents by year at the EH9 1UE hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 23 in 2002, against an average of 14 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the EH9 1UE hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025712
202466
202344
202278
202111
202088
201977
2018812
20171924
20161623
20151416
20142121
20131515
20121819
20111617
20101313
20092225
20082127
20072225
20062021
20051720
20041414
20031920
20022328
20012020

Map of crashes at the EH9 1UE hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near EH9 1UE.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH9 1UE 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 EH9 1UE 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
EH9 1UE
Postcode district
EH9
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.93655, -3.18817
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
27 December 2025
Rank by collisions
2,050th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the EH9 1UE hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A700, with 61 of 358, followed by the A7 with 37.

Collisions at the EH9 1UE hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7006162111
2ndA7374202
3rdA7015800

Towns near the EH9 1UE hotspot

All 358 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Edinburgh.

All 358 crashes at the EH9 1UE hotspot

Newest first, from 30 January 2001 to 27 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year