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EH3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,023 road traffic collisions in the EH3 postcode district, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,815 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 21 were fatal and 984 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 25 collisions, down 14% on 2024 (29).

Collisions since 1979
5,023
555th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,815
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
21
22 people killed
Serious collisions
984
1,037 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
25
Down 14% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
27
Down 16% on 2024

Road collision statistics for EH3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal210.4%
  • Serious98420%
  • Slight4,01880%

What the data shows

  • EH3 had 373 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 733 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in EH3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 448 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH3, 7.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in EH3.

Where EH3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
555th
Most casualties
749th
Most fatal collisions
2,133rd
Most serious collisions
411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday679 (14%)
  • Tuesday723 (14%)
  • Wednesday746 (15%)
  • Thursday833 (17%)
  • Friday912 (18%)
  • Saturday695 (14%)
  • Sunday435 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,434 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,521 (30%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit51 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway4,318 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road448 (8.9%)
  • Dual carriageway164 (3.3%)
  • Roundabout86 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph265 (5.3%)
  • 30 mph4,652 (93%)
  • 40 mph105 (2.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,899 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds769 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds121 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds73 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds35 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist12 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.1%)
  • Other56 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded53 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian1,816 (31%)
  • Car occupant1,504 (26%)
  • Cyclist892 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant705 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist560 (9.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant195 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant97 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant18 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant17 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH3 peaked at 196 in 1979; 2025 had 25.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 25
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252527
20242932
20233034
20223638
20212124
20203132
20194144
20183638
20174959
20167580
20156874
20146370
20136777
20127583
20118396
20106974
20097179
20087191
20076980
200697108
20057890
2004100108
20038390
200293104
2001102115
2000113137
1999119131
1998155169
1997143176
1996153175
1995112127
1994141161
1993135154
1992146186
1991146165
1990148164
1989189216
1988165191
1987165188
1986169194
1985160198
1984174191
1983182212
1982160204
1981195230
1980195243
1979196256

Map of recent crashes in EH3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH3

The 24 most recent collisions in EH3 happened between 8 February and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH3

The A702 has the most collisions in EH3, 814 of 5,023 (16%), followed by the A8 (311).

Collisions in EH3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA7028149555176
2ndA8311369052
3rdB901305356270
4thA700208229047
5thA90205225040
6thB700129144016
7thB900116124026
8thA902102123019
9thB701303316
10thA70263503
11thA900121503

Council area for EH3

EH3 is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH3 accounts for 6.7% of them.

Town in EH3

All 5,023 collisions in EH3 were in Edinburgh.