{"id":1187213,"date":"2026-09-05T04:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T04:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1187213\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T04:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T04:06:31","slug":"three-injured-and-driver-reported-after-edinburgh-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1187213\/","title":{"rendered":"Three injured and driver reported after Edinburgh crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people were taken to hospital after a car flipped onto its roof after a car crash in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency services were first called to <a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/04\/motorcyclist-killed-on-queensferry-road-is-named\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"592859\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queensferry Road<\/a> in Edinburgh at around 2.25pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two ambulances were dispatched and three people were taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/tag\/edinburgh-royal-infirmary\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3526\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.<\/a> Another driver will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Images from the scene showed a violent scene, with a car on its roof another damaged vehicle nearby.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"661430\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/sct_queensferry05\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SCT_QUEENSFERRY05.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"SCT_QUEENSFERRY05\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Crash on Queensferry Road 3 September 2026 PHOTO \u00a9 ALAN SIMPSON&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SCT_QUEENSFERRY05.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SCT_QUEENSFERRY05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-661430\"  \/>Scenes on Queensferry Road, on 3 September ALL IMAGES \u00a9 ALAN SIMPSON<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/tag\/police-scotland\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"6322\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police Scotland<\/a> spokesperson said: \u201cAround 2.25pm on Thursday, September 3, 2026, police received a report of a two-vehicle crash on Orchard Road, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVehicle recovery was arranged, and one driver will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesperson for Scottish Ambulance Service said: \u201cWe received a call at 2.23pm today to attend a road traffic collision on Queensferry Road in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe dispatched two ambulances to the scene, with the first resource arriving within seven minutes. 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