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EH1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,242 road traffic collisions in the EH1 postcode district, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,868 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 34 were fatal and 955 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 23 collisions, up from 19 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
5,242
499th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,868
1.12 per collision
Fatal collisions
34
34 people killed
Serious collisions
955
998 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
23
19 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
28
19 in 2024

Road collision statistics for EH1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal340.6%
  • Serious95518%
  • Slight4,25381%

What the data shows

  • EH1 had 365 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 59% fewer than the 901 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in EH1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 397 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH1, 6.8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in EH1.

Where EH1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
499th
Most casualties
736th
Most fatal collisions
1,719th
Most serious collisions
452nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday684 (13%)
  • Tuesday732 (14%)
  • Wednesday728 (14%)
  • Thursday812 (15%)
  • Friday961 (18%)
  • Saturday851 (16%)
  • Sunday474 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,536 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,631 (31%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit57 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway4,358 (83%)
  • Dual carriageway470 (9%)
  • One way street or slip road206 (3.9%)
  • Roundabout190 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded18 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph314 (6%)
  • 30 mph4,915 (94%)
  • 40 mph7 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,155 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds721 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds112 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds77 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds29 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist18 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (under 0.1%)
  • Other63 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded65 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian2,687 (46%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1,004 (17%)
  • Car occupant838 (14%)
  • Cyclist674 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist442 (7.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant136 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant45 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant19 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH1 peaked at 189 in 1990; 2025 had 23.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 23
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252328
20241919
20231619
20222730
20212424
20201414
20194750
20184648
20176270
20168792
20156671
20148589
20138791
20128999
201198106
20109599
20097685
20088596
2007101111
2006119135
200592102
2004131151
2003103115
2002134148
2001123127
2000148162
1999136147
1998154168
1997135151
1996121146
1995133145
1994159175
1993144166
1992152160
1991158181
1990189229
1989155167
1988160176
1987178198
1986150168
1985166188
1984154184
1983150167
1982130156
1981155182
1980180220
1979186213

Map of recent crashes in EH1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH1

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH1

The 24 most recent collisions in EH1 happened between 12 December 2024 and 27 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH1

The A7 has the most collisions in EH1, 842 of 5,242 (16%), followed by the A900 (571).

Collisions in EH1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA78429594151
2ndA9005716365101
3rdA702393432370
4thA8292323662
5thB901219233045
6thA1120149116
7thB1350252908
8thA9091002
9thA7008801
10thA7013300
11thB9003300

Council area for EH1

EH1 is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH1 accounts for 7% of them.

Town in EH1

All 5,242 collisions in EH1 were in Edinburgh.