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Queensferry road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 642 road traffic collisions in Queensferry, City of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 2025, and 797 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 122 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
642
996th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
797
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
11 people killed
Serious collisions
122
134 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Queensferry

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.7%
  • Serious12219%
  • Slight50979%

What the data shows

  • Queensferry had 45 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 62% fewer than the 119 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Queensferry were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 162 children under 16 were killed or injured in Queensferry, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Queensferry.

Where Queensferry ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
996th
Most casualties
1,010th
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
994th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday77 (12%)
  • Tuesday89 (14%)
  • Wednesday95 (15%)
  • Thursday113 (18%)
  • Friday109 (17%)
  • Saturday90 (14%)
  • Sunday69 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight471 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit145 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (2.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway480 (75%)
  • Dual carriageway126 (20%)
  • Roundabout20 (3.1%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph30 (4.7%)
  • 30 mph393 (61%)
  • 40 mph41 (6.4%)
  • 50 mph33 (5.1%)
  • 60 mph85 (13%)
  • 70 mph60 (9.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds494 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds89 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (3.3%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Other10 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant398 (50%)
  • Pedestrian153 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist95 (12%)
  • Cyclist85 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant27 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant22 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Queensferry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Queensferry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Queensferry peaked at 26 in 1998; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202537
202433
202366
202235
202111
202035
201947
201866
201766
20161011
20151112
20141213
20131213
20121214
20111213
20101215
200966
20081620
20071012
20061618
20051420
20041521
20031823
20021518
20012230
20001015
19991622
19982630
19972027
19962636
19952125
19942631
19932532
19921520
19912020
19902224
19892326
19881824
19871921
19861519
19852128
19841617
19831519
19821418
19811216
19801114
197938

Map of recent crashes in Queensferry

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Queensferry

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Queensferry

The 24 most recent collisions in Queensferry happened between 10 August 2018 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Queensferry

The A90 has the most collisions in Queensferry, 133 of 642 (21%), followed by the A8000 (82).

Collisions in Queensferry on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA90133182222
2ndA80008210809
3rdB9246984118
4thB907243108
5thA904142204
6thB8003300

Council area for Queensferry

Queensferry is in the City of Edinburgh, where police recorded 74,538 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Queensferry accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Queensferry

Collisions in Queensferry were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by EH30 (637) and EH7 (5).