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Edinburgh road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 64,940 road traffic collisions in Edinburgh from 1979 to 2025, and 76,552 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 630 were fatal and 13,144 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 368 collisions, down 5% on 2024 (388).

Collisions since 1979
64,940
7th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
76,552
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
630
650 people killed
Serious collisions
13,144
14,072 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
368
Down 5% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
440
Down 6% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Edinburgh

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal6301%
  • Serious13,14420%
  • Slight51,16679%

What the data shows

  • Edinburgh had 5,293 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 10,441 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Edinburgh were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 10,269 children under 16 were killed or injured in Edinburgh, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Edinburgh.

Where Edinburgh ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
7th
Most casualties
8th
Most fatal collisions
8th
Most serious collisions
3rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday9,130 (14%)
  • Tuesday9,451 (15%)
  • Wednesday9,780 (15%)
  • Thursday10,407 (16%)
  • Friday11,304 (17%)
  • Saturday9,059 (14%)
  • Sunday5,809 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight46,813 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit17,186 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit633 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting217 (0.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown91 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway57,062 (88%)
  • Dual carriageway4,360 (6.7%)
  • Roundabout2,031 (3.1%)
  • One way street or slip road1,308 (2%)
  • Not recorded179 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph8 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph2,902 (4.5%)
  • 30 mph57,356 (88%)
  • 40 mph4,191 (6.5%)
  • 50 mph49 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph209 (0.3%)
  • 70 mph220 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds51,053 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds9,118 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds1,482 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds969 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds460 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist184 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds48 (0.1%)
  • Other917 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded709 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant25,018 (33%)
  • Pedestrian22,424 (29%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9,611 (13%)
  • Cyclist8,775 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist6,802 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant1,658 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1,526 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant259 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)229 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant220 (0.3%)
  • Other16 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded14 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Edinburgh road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Edinburgh, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Edinburgh peaked at 2,362 in 1980; 2025 had 368.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 368
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025368440
2024388467
2023371438
2022430498
2021395448
2020360404
2019602691
2018633735
2017758883
20169881,139
20159181,046
20141,0361,162
20139921,146
20121,0051,167
20111,0211,167
20109941,130
20091,0181,172
20081,1071,275
20071,1381,326
20061,2121,405
20051,1901,401
20041,3371,515
20031,2471,442
20021,4271,647
20011,5171,767
20001,6151,942
19991,5621,848
19981,7732,049
19971,7101,979
19961,7352,065
19951,5891,828
19941,8362,151
19931,6941,962
19921,8352,120
19911,8372,150
19901,9582,327
19892,0412,406
19881,9412,286
19871,8232,183
19861,9332,316
19852,1282,592
19842,1702,586
19832,1632,565
19822,1662,651
19812,2842,779
19802,3622,881
19792,3332,975

Map of recent crashes in Edinburgh

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Edinburgh

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Edinburgh

The 24 most recent collisions in Edinburgh happened between 8 December and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Edinburgh

The A8 has the most collisions in Edinburgh, 5,630 of 64,940 (8.7%), followed by the A7 (3,241).

Collisions in Edinburgh on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA85,6306,759521,058
2ndA73,2413,80125689
3rdA7022,4202,77118520
4thA902,3182,92629476
5thA9002,0622,28813385
6thA12,0572,56737407
7thA711,7712,07416380
8thA701,7412,10619397
9thA9021,2931,57717310
10thB7011,0751,27416217
11thA1999771,24616220
12thA9018941,04122166
13thA7018051,04713180
14thB9007999016159
15thA72076699611202
16thA609575692614205
17thB9016327104130
18thA7005856684133
19thB6415478549560
20thA684686148101
21stB90854345004138
22ndA1140413495770
23rdB1350363406395
24thA6106287344361
25thA772133152330
26thB700132147017
27thB702127134016
28thA903102124225
29thB6095324003
30thB90807801

Council areas covering Edinburgh

Collisions in Edinburgh were recorded in 3 council areas. The City of Edinburgh has 64,907 of 64,940 (99.9%).

Collisions in Edinburgh by council area, 1979 to 2025
RankCouncil areaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stCity of Edinburgh64,90776,51663013,140
2ndMidlothian293204
3rdEast Lothian3300

Postcode districts in Edinburgh

Collisions in Edinburgh were recorded in 21 postcode districts, led by EH4 (6,276) and EH11 (5,527).