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EH8 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,150 road traffic collisions in the EH8 postcode district, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,854 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 50 were fatal and 853 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 18 collisions, down 22% on 2024 (23).

Collisions since 1979
4,150
839th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,854
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
50
50 people killed
Serious collisions
853
913 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
18
Down 22% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
19
Down 24% on 2024

Road collision statistics for EH8

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal501.2%
  • Serious85321%
  • Slight3,24778%

What the data shows

  • EH8 had 325 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 54% fewer than the 699 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in EH8 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 516 children under 16 were killed or injured in EH8, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in EH8.

Where EH8 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
839th
Most casualties
1,040th
Most fatal collisions
1,189th
Most serious collisions
625th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday561 (14%)
  • Tuesday592 (14%)
  • Wednesday613 (15%)
  • Thursday681 (16%)
  • Friday706 (17%)
  • Saturday609 (15%)
  • Sunday388 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,886 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,192 (29%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit37 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway4,052 (98%)
  • Roundabout32 (0.8%)
  • Dual carriageway31 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road30 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph231 (5.6%)
  • 30 mph3,906 (94%)
  • 40 mph12 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,269 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds568 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds93 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds75 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds27 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.1%)
  • Other71 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded41 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian1,492 (31%)
  • Car occupant1,330 (27%)
  • Cyclist691 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant666 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist438 (9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant106 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant90 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant18 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

EH8 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in EH8, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in EH8 peaked at 153 in 1980; 2025 had 18.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 18
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251819
20242325
20232331
20223238
20212228
20202326
20193135
20184453
20175356
20165664
20156571
20146568
20137586
20128190
20116778
20106877
20095459
20087685
20077179
20067785
20058086
20047583
20037791
20028894
2001105126
2000109132
19998495
1998107113
1997116131
1996106128
1995112135
1994120145
1993114123
1992139156
1991136158
1990139160
1989115145
1988114136
198793121
1986113135
1985143164
1984128158
1983142160
1982124151
1981144173
1980153190
1979150212

Map of recent crashes in EH8

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in EH8

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in EH8

The 24 most recent collisions in EH8 happened between 30 August 2024 and 14 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in EH8

The A7 has the most collisions in EH8, 1,047 of 4,150 (25%), followed by the A1 (658).

Collisions in EH8 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA71,0471,1775210
2ndA165881318127
3rdA1140232270541
4thA700647617
5thB1350151603
6thA68131502
7thA7013300

Council area for EH8

EH8 is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. EH8 accounts for 5.6% of them.

Town in EH8

Of the 4,150 collisions in EH8, 3,924 (95%) were in Edinburgh.