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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH12 on 3 February 2000 at 21:53 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 21:53 on Thursday 3 February 2000. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 2000
Thursday, 21:53
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94062, longitude -3.23847, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000950001176
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2015.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2000950001176 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of Edinburgh road accident statistics for 2000.