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EH5 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,741 road traffic collisions in the EH5 postcode district, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,123 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 406 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 16 collisions, down from 17 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,741
1,876th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,123
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
20 people killed
Serious collisions
406
447 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
17 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
18
Down 31% on 2024

Road collision statistics for EH5

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.1%
  • Serious40623%
  • Slight1,31576%

What the data shows

  • EH5 had 167 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 324 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in EH5 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 387 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH5, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in EH5.

Where EH5 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,876th
Most casualties
1,962nd
Most fatal collisions
2,159th
Most serious collisions
1,741st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday240 (14%)
  • Tuesday254 (15%)
  • Wednesday270 (16%)
  • Thursday274 (16%)
  • Friday318 (18%)
  • Saturday223 (13%)
  • Sunday162 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,280 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit433 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit21 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,653 (95%)
  • Roundabout70 (4%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (0.4%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph79 (4.5%)
  • 30 mph1,655 (95%)
  • 40 mph6 (0.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,394 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds219 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds45 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds32 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.3%)
  • Other19 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded15 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant899 (42%)
  • Pedestrian518 (24%)
  • Bus or coach occupant208 (9.8%)
  • Motorcyclist192 (9%)
  • Cyclist190 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant63 (3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant24 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant18 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.5%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH5 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH5, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH5 peaked at 65 in 1981; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251618
20241726
20231113
20221516
202167
20201314
20191416
20182530
20172426
20162633
20154147
20144565
20133541
20122428
20112934
20103139
20092833
20084351
20072325
20062536
20052230
20042930
20032330
20023650
20014251
20004660
19994453
19985165
19975368
19964549
19955054
19944456
19934345
19924453
19914965
19905766
19894455
19885465
19875261
19865972
19855768
19845774
19833640
19823744
19816583
19806069
19795169

Map of recent crashes in EH5

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH5

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH5

The 24 most recent collisions in EH5 happened between 16 June 2024 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH5

The A902 has the most collisions in EH5, 256 of 1,741 (15%), followed by the A901 (154).

Collisions in EH5 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA902256309380
2ndA901154199335
3rdA903102124225

Council area for EH5

EH5 is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH5 accounts for 2.3% of them.

Town in EH5

Of the 1,741 collisions in EH5, 1,624 (93%) were in Edinburgh.