B900 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 2 April 2000 at 20:30 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the B900 in the City of Edinburgh at 20:30 on Sunday 2 April 2000. A 31-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 2000
- Sunday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95904, longitude -3.21103, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950003081
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 900
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2006.
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B900 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 January 2006
At the same spotRef 2006950000758
Slight
Leyland crash on the B900 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 October 2005
At the same spotRef 2005950009461
Slight
Dennis crash on the B900 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 July 2012
At the same spotRef 2012950004054
Slight
Car crash on the B900 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 December 1979
10 m awayRef 197995D79B036
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B900 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 August 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950804397
Slight
Car crash on the B900 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 February 1983
10 m awayRef 198395283B026
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2000950003081 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.