A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 16 May 2000 at 15:50 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 15:50 on Tuesday 16 May 2000. A 13-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2000
- Tuesday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91631, longitude -3.15114, in the EH17 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950004336
- 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
- 7
- 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 light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 April 1993.
Serious
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the A772 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 April 1993
At the same spotRef 1993950390793
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 October 1980
45 m awayRef 198095O80A003
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 March 1983
45 m awayRef 198395383A015
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A772 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 May 2018
45 m awayRef 2018950000688
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 September 2000
64 m awayRef 2000950008240
Fatal
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 April 1983
81 m awayRef 198395483A017
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
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 2000950004336 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.