B701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 25 September 2000 at 16:15 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh at 16:15 on Monday 25 September 2000. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Sep 2000
- Monday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95465, longitude -3.29802, 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
- 2000950008621
- 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
- 701
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 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 22 November 1996.
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 22 November 1996
At the same spotRef 1996951221996
Slight
Taxi crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 December 1980
At the same spotRef 198095D80C044
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 July 1984
14 m awayRef 198495784C006
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 June 1992
41 m awayRef 1992950692192
Serious
Bus crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 12 October 1984
60 m awayRef 198495O84C026
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 June 2009
61 m awayRef 2009950004671
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 19, 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 2000950008621 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.