A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 3 March 2000 at 08:35 involving a van
A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 08:35 on Friday 3 March 2000. A 26-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 2000
- Friday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92273, longitude -3.30848, in the EH91 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950002166
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 720
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2013.
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 June 2013
10 m awayRef 2013950002897
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 May 2021
12 m awayRef 2021991042686
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 March 2008
20 m awayRef 2008950002858
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 August 2008
22 m awayRef 2008950006900
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 November 1990
22 m awayRef 1990951358590
Serious
Nissan Juke crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 October 2019
30 m awayRef 2019950891894
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2000950002166 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.