Emergency crews were at the Tesco store on Meadow Place Road in Edinburgh this morning.
16:51, 18 Feb 2026Updated 16:58, 18 Feb 2026
The crash involved a car and a male pedestrian (Image: Alan Simpson)
A man has died following a crash in a Scots supermarket car park, which an air ambulance was deployed to. Emergency crews raced to Tesco on Meadow Place Road in Edinburgh this morning.
An alarm was raised at around 9am today following a crash with a pedestrian and a blue Volkswagen Polo. An air ambulance attended the scene but a 66-year-old man, who was treated at the scene, died a short time later.
His next of kin are aware. There were no other reported injuries. The area at the car park was closed for enquiries to be carried out and reopened around 1.20pm.
The scene at Tesco Extra in Corstorphine this morning(Image: Alan Simpson)
Photos taken at the scene show a heavy police and ambulance presence with the area cordoned off with police tape.
One resident reported a large police presence with “loads of four-by-fours” and “an intense” scene. The local told Edinburgh Live: “My son’s dad was driving past and there were loads of four-by-four, police cars.
“There was an extremely heavy police presence there. He called to say, ‘What’s going on?’ He said it was quite intense.”
Sergeant Paul Ewing said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who has died. Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of what occurred and I am appealing to anyone who has information to come forward.
“In addition, anyone with dash-cam footage which may assist is asked to please contact us. Anyone with information should call 101 quoting incident number 0688 of 18 February, 2026.”
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A Police Scotland spokesperson continued: “Road Policing officers are appealing for information following a fatal crash in Edinburgh. The incident happened around 9am on Wednesday, 18 February, 2026, within a supermarket car park on Meadow Place Road, and involved a pedestrian and a blue Volkswagen Polo.
“Emergency services, including an air ambulance, attended and the pedestrian, a 66-year-old man, was treated at the scene however died a short time later. His next of kin are aware.
“There were no other reported injuries. The area at the car park was closed for enquiries to be carried out and reopened around 1.20pm.”
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson earlier added: “We received a call at 09:05 to attend a road traffic collision on Meadow Place Road, Edinburgh. We dispatched two ambulances, a paramedic response unit (PRU), a critical care paramedic (CCP), and an air ambulance to the scene.”
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