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Serious A1 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 11 December 2000 at 03:45 involving a taxi

A taxi crashed on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh at 03:45 on Monday 11 December 2000. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Dec 2000
Monday, 03:45
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95656, longitude -3.16146, in the EH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000950011445
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
1
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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 2000950011445 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.