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Edinburgh · live recovery

Broken down in Edinburgh? Find a driver near you — live.

Live recovery drivers in and around Edinburgh right now — across Leith, Livingston, Musselburgh, Dalkeith, Queensferry, Portobello and Corstorphine, and on the M8, M9 and A720 City Bypass, the A1, A90 and A702. See who's closest. Call them. Agree the price. No membership. No call centres. No payment to us.

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Live map · Edinburgh
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Each number is how many trucks are live in that part of Edinburgh right now — green when one is free.Open
No sign-up, no membership, no monthly fees
Real positions, updated every few seconds
Price agreed with the driver, not with us
Every driver checked before they go live
How it works

Three taps to a driver.

Built for the moment you are stood at the roadside, so nothing gets in the way.

1

See who is near you

Allow location or type a postcode. The map shows every driver live nearby and how many miles away each one is.

2

Call the driver

Tap Call and speak to them directly. Agree the price between you before they set off.

3

Watch them arrive

Give the driver your six-digit code and follow them on the map, with a live arrival time, until they reach you.

Why people trust it

A live map only works if it is true.

So we check every driver, and the map only ever shows drivers who are actually out.

Checked before they go live

Driving licence, photo ID, insurance certificate and photographs of every truck, reviewed by our team. Nobody appears on the map until they pass.

Real positions, right now

Drivers share their position while they work. If a truck is on the map, it is out and reachable — not a listing last updated years ago.

Reviews that are checked

Only customers who completed a job can leave a rating, and each one is looked at before it counts.

The price is yours to agree

We are not in the middle of the payment. No commission, no booking fee, no membership — which is also why it stays cheaper than cover.

Recovery in Edinburgh: where it usually goes wrong

Edinburgh's recovery geography is defined by the A720 City Bypass. Almost everything that goes wrong on a fast road here happens on it, and almost everything that goes wrong in the city happens on streets where a recovery truck struggles to park. The two need different answers.

The A720 City Bypass

Dual carriageway with roundabout junctions and steady heavy traffic. It is the quickest place in the city for a driver to reach you and one of the least safe places to stand.

The Queensferry crossings and the M90 approach

Exposed to wind and weather, with restrictions on stopping. Recovery from the bridge approaches needs care and sometimes a wait.

The Old Town, Leith and the setted streets

Narrow, steep and often cobbled, with residents' parking on both sides. A driver may need you to be out of the tightest part before they can load.

The A1 and A90 corridors

Straightforward, open roads where recovery is quick and uncomplicated.

Worth knowing. If you are on the bypass, say which side of the city you are on. Clockwise or anticlockwise saves the driver a long way round.
Questions

Before you call.

It depends on who is out. The map shows every driver live in Edinburgh right now and the app shows how many miles away each one is, so you can see before you call rather than being given a time by a call centre.

You agree the price with the driver on the phone before they set off. RecoverQ adds nothing to it — no booking fee, no commission and no membership.

Every driver is checked before they can go live: driving licence, photo ID, insurance certificate and photographs of each truck, all reviewed by our team.

No. Open the map, see who is live, and call. If the driver takes the job you get a six-digit code and can watch them on their way.

Anywhere a driver is live. Drivers in Edinburgh regularly cover Leith, Livingston, Musselburgh, Dalkeith, Queensferry, Portobello and Corstorphine, and the main routes — the M8, M9 and A720 City Bypass, the A1, A90 and A702.

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