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EH13 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,266 road traffic collisions in the EH13 postcode district, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,546 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 264 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,266
2,083rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,546
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
20 people killed
Serious collisions
264
284 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for EH13

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.6%
  • Serious26421%
  • Slight98278%

What the data shows

  • EH13 had 117 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 238 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in EH13 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 287 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH13, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in EH13.

Where EH13 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,083rd
Most casualties
2,155th
Most fatal collisions
2,159th
Most serious collisions
2,096th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday171 (14%)
  • Tuesday167 (13%)
  • Wednesday209 (17%)
  • Thursday197 (16%)
  • Friday227 (18%)
  • Saturday173 (14%)
  • Sunday122 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight915 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit249 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting90 (7.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway991 (78%)
  • Dual carriageway256 (20%)
  • Roundabout11 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph35 (2.8%)
  • 30 mph915 (72%)
  • 40 mph56 (4.4%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph15 (1.2%)
  • 70 mph243 (19%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds942 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds201 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds41 (3.2%)
  • Fine with high winds23 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds23 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Other18 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant769 (50%)
  • Pedestrian342 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist121 (7.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant119 (7.7%)
  • Cyclist112 (7.2%)
  • Van occupant53 (3.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH13 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH13, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH13 peaked at 49 in 1979; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251011
20241010
202357
20221115
20211418
20201415
20191111
20181112
20171822
20161317
20151818
20142530
20132435
20122130
20111824
20101623
20092124
20083047
20074058
20062532
20052328
20042428
20032735
20022936
20012930
20002832
19993853
19984252
19973943
19963340
19952830
19944351
19932733
19923536
19913444
19903742
19893139
19883338
19874359
19863536
19853844
19843538
19832733
19823036
19812730
19804763
19794958

Map of recent crashes in EH13

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH13

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH13

The 24 most recent collisions in EH13 happened between 12 June 2023 and 1 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH13

The A720 has the most collisions in EH13, 296 of 1,266 (23%), followed by the B701 (239).

Collisions in EH13 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA720296420650
2ndB701239277559
3rdA705778214
4thA7023600

Council area for EH13

EH13 is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH13 accounts for 1.7% of them.

Town in EH13

Of the 1,266 collisions in EH13, 1,127 (89%) were in Edinburgh.