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EH7 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,973 road traffic collisions in the EH7 postcode district, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,601 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 37 were fatal and 771 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 27 collisions, up from 17 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
3,973
896th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,601
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
37
37 people killed
Serious collisions
771
807 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
27
17 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
39
18 in 2024

Road collision statistics for EH7

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal370.9%
  • Serious77119%
  • Slight3,16580%

What the data shows

  • EH7 had 377 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 648 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in EH7 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 574 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH7, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in EH7.

Where EH7 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
896th
Most casualties
1,120th
Most fatal collisions
1,608th
Most serious collisions
799th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday572 (14%)
  • Tuesday551 (14%)
  • Wednesday572 (14%)
  • Thursday652 (16%)
  • Friday716 (18%)
  • Saturday555 (14%)
  • Sunday355 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,864 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,058 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit40 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,678 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway134 (3.4%)
  • Roundabout127 (3.2%)
  • One way street or slip road22 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded12 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph229 (5.8%)
  • 30 mph3,691 (93%)
  • 40 mph53 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,098 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds563 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds106 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds61 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds26 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.1%)
  • Other59 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded48 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian1,387 (30%)
  • Car occupant1,344 (29%)
  • Bus or coach occupant611 (13%)
  • Cyclist556 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist429 (9.3%)
  • Van occupant110 (2.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant109 (2.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)23 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant22 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH7 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH7, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH7 peaked at 145 in 1984; 2025 had 27.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 27
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252739
20241718
20233032
20223134
20212830
20202730
20193740
20184957
20175564
20167686
20156270
20146264
20135869
20127687
20115762
20106575
20097181
20086577
20077082
20066278
200590101
200493104
200391107
200292108
200192120
20007486
199994112
1998100112
1997100115
1996112123
1995109122
1994130146
199392104
1992110134
1991109125
1990119136
1989133162
198897103
1987100114
1986109119
1985134145
1984145183
1983125153
1982115131
1981124152
1980118138
1979141171

Map of recent crashes in EH7

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH7

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH7

The 24 most recent collisions in EH7 happened between 17 March and 30 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH7

The A900 has the most collisions in EH7, 546 of 3,973 (14%), followed by the A1 (469).

Collisions in EH7 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9005466093108
2ndA1469574882
3rdB1350317355384
4thB900194217443
5thA1140158199227
6thB901108121215
7thA19984114217

Council area for EH7

EH7 is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH7 accounts for 5.3% of them.

Towns in EH7

Collisions in EH7 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Edinburgh (3,914) and Queensferry (5).