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EH6 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,517 road traffic collisions in the EH6 postcode district, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,180 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 47 were fatal and 882 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 28 collisions, up 22% on 2024 (23).

Collisions since 1979
4,517
697th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,180
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
47
51 people killed
Serious collisions
882
922 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
28
Up 22% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
35
Up 40% on 2024

Road collision statistics for EH6

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal471%
  • Serious88220%
  • Slight3,58879%

What the data shows

  • EH6 had 417 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 819 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in EH6 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 758 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH6, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in EH6.

Where EH6 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
697th
Most casualties
936th
Most fatal collisions
1,276th
Most serious collisions
571st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday602 (13%)
  • Tuesday662 (15%)
  • Wednesday721 (16%)
  • Thursday702 (16%)
  • Friday801 (18%)
  • Saturday642 (14%)
  • Sunday387 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,335 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,112 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit52 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (0.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway4,369 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway58 (1.3%)
  • Roundabout56 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road20 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph302 (6.7%)
  • 30 mph4,199 (93%)
  • 40 mph11 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph3 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,628 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds596 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds102 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds56 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds18 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other62 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded43 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian1,777 (34%)
  • Car occupant1,557 (30%)
  • Bus or coach occupant691 (13%)
  • Cyclist475 (9.2%)
  • Motorcyclist418 (8.1%)
  • Van occupant129 (2.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant91 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)22 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH6 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH6, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH6 peaked at 161 in 1982; 2025 had 28.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 28
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252835
20242325
20232023
20223642
20213438
20203134
20195968
20184862
20175962
20167986
20156381
20148286
20136976
20128089
20118994
20108693
20096270
20088489
200798118
2006106120
200593107
20049198
200396110
2002123140
2001114137
200098108
1999106123
1998150179
1997132157
1996115133
1995113131
1994116139
1993100110
1992128135
1991116126
1990120137
1989136153
1988131151
1987110127
1986144176
1985118143
1984145173
1983117132
1982161185
1981123150
1980144163
1979141166

Map of recent crashes in EH6

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH6

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH6

The 24 most recent collisions in EH6 happened between 25 March and 13 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH6

The A900 has the most collisions in EH6, 864 of 4,517 (19%), followed by the A901 (791).

Collisions in EH6 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9008649555164
2ndA90179190819142
3rdA199418518386
4thA902273321167
5thB90089110020
6thA1182605

Council area for EH6

EH6 is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH6 accounts for 6.1% of them.

Town in EH6

Of the 4,517 collisions in EH6, 4,509 (99.8%) were in Edinburgh.