A90 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 23 April 2000 at 16:35 involving a car
Five cars were involved in a crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh at 16:35 on Sunday 23 April 2000. A 52-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2000
- Sunday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 5
- Car and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96151, longitude -3.31251, 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
- 2000950003684
- 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
- 90
- Road type
- Dual 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2006.
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 February 2006
At the same spotRef 2006950000989
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 April 2006
At the same spotRef 2006950003702
Slight
Car crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 November 1985
10 m awayRef 198595N85B024
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 September 2007
14 m awayRef 2007950008102
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 October 1979
14 m awayRef 197995O79C075
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 April 2025
17 m awayRef 2025991577238
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2000950003684 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.