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City of Edinburgh road collision data
Between 2021 and 2025, the police recorded 2,389 injury collisions in City of Edinburgh's highway authority area, 748 of them fatal or serious. These are the published STATS19 figures, which also include motorways and trunk roads in the area.
- Injury collisions
- 2,389
- 2021–2025
- Casualties
- 2,946
- People injured or killed
- Fatal collisions
- 28
- 720 serious, 1,641 slight
- Vulnerable road users
- 66%
- of people killed or seriously injured
Collisions by year and severity
In 2025, City of Edinburgh recorded 149 fatal or serious collisions, in line with its average of 150 a year over 2021–2025.
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Casualties | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 148 | 331 | 482 | 576 |
151
|
| 2022 | 5 | 163 | 339 | 507 | 615 |
168
|
| 2023 | 8 | 118 | 324 | 450 | 552 |
126
|
| 2024 | 8 | 146 | 327 | 481 | 610 |
154
|
| 2025 | 4 | 145 | 320 | 469 | 593 |
149
|
| 2021–2025 | 28 | 720 | 1,641 | 2,389 | 2,946 | 748 |
Casualties by road user
2,946 people were hurt in these collisions: 28 killed, 751 seriously injured and 2,167 slightly injured. Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists made up 66% of those killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Casualties | Share | Killed or seriously injured | Share of KSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 608 | 20.6% | 248 | 31.8% |
| Pedal cyclists | 562 | 19.1% | 177 | 22.7% |
| Motorcyclists | 213 | 7.2% | 92 | 11.8% |
| All road users | 2,946 | 100% | 779 | 100% |
Roads with the most collisions
Classified roads in City of Edinburgh, by injury collisions recorded on them in 2021–2025.
- A8 156 collisions · 49 fatal or serious
- A720 121 collisions · 29 fatal or serious
- A90 92 collisions · 23 fatal or serious
- B701 83 collisions · 26 fatal or serious
- A7 80 collisions · 30 fatal or serious
- A71 77 collisions · 26 fatal or serious
- A1 63 collisions · 22 fatal or serious
- A902 63 collisions · 17 fatal or serious
- A70 61 collisions · 22 fatal or serious
- A701 52 collisions · 15 fatal or serious
Areas within City of Edinburgh
Area pages with maps, hotspots and every collision, by collisions in 2021–2025.
How to get a formal collision extract from City of Edinburgh
The council's road safety or traffic team holds the full police records for its area. A formal extract can add what the published data leaves out: contributory factors, the officer's description of each collision and the current year's provisional records. Developers, consultants and solicitors usually pay for it.
Check City of Edinburgh's website for current fees, or contact its road safety team. Councils usually charge for extracts and send a quote before they start.
Source: Department for Transport road safety data (STATS19), 2021–2025, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Collisions are counted against the local highway authority area recorded by the police. Casualty severities are as recorded at the time and are not adjusted.