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EH2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,170 road traffic collisions in the EH2 postcode district, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,927 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 953 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 21 collisions, down 16% on 2024 (25).

Collisions since 1979
5,170
520th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,927
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
23
23 people killed
Serious collisions
953
991 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
21
Down 16% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
21
Down 19% on 2024

Road collision statistics for EH2

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal230.4%
  • Serious95318%
  • Slight4,19481%

What the data shows

  • EH2 had 289 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 54% fewer than the 632 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in EH2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 382 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH2, 6.5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in EH2.

Where EH2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
520th
Most casualties
721st
Most fatal collisions
2,062nd
Most serious collisions
459th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday704 (14%)
  • Tuesday725 (14%)
  • Wednesday718 (14%)
  • Thursday851 (16%)
  • Friday920 (18%)
  • Saturday868 (17%)
  • Sunday384 (7.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,933 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,176 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit52 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,022 (58%)
  • Dual carriageway1,677 (32%)
  • One way street or slip road376 (7.3%)
  • Roundabout82 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph288 (5.6%)
  • 30 mph4,876 (94%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,255 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds609 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds107 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds51 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds23 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist16 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (under 0.1%)
  • Other49 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded58 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian2,257 (38%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1,729 (29%)
  • Car occupant890 (15%)
  • Cyclist435 (7.3%)
  • Motorcyclist392 (6.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant137 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant62 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH2, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH2 peaked at 226 in 1983; 2025 had 21.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252121
20242526
20231719
20221922
20212127
20201718
20194351
20183134
20175055
20164550
20154345
20146875
20135662
20125663
20116271
20106270
20097277
20086569
20076774
20068190
2005105110
2004110117
2003109123
2002129150
2001127146
2000106130
1999111120
1998114139
1997129150
1996146168
1995129150
1994196226
1993139151
1992164182
1991165181
1990157181
1989186217
1988180208
1987179222
1986161182
1985179219
1984196228
1983226262
1982209242
1981209251
1980195221
1979193232

Map of recent crashes in EH2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH2

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH2

The 24 most recent collisions in EH2 happened between 8 December 2024 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH2

The A8 has the most collisions in EH2, 2,363 of 5,170 (46%), followed by the A90 (283).

Collisions in EH2 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA82,3632,75916490
2ndA90283305056
3rdA7191228046
4thA702596807
5thA900576007
6thA7005500
7thA14401

Council area for EH2

EH2 is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH2 accounts for 6.9% of them.

Town in EH2

All 5,170 collisions in EH2 were in Edinburgh.