C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH5 on 30 December 2000 at 17:15 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:15 on Saturday 30 December 2000. An 18-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2000
- Saturday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97906, longitude -3.23089, in the EH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950012212
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2014.
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 24 August 2014
9 m awayRef 2014950004997
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 26 September 2008
14 m awayRef 2008950007849
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 8 April 2018
20 m awayRef 2018950000465
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 25 January 2011
20 m awayRef 2011950000623
Slight
Lorry crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 November 1989
22 m awayRef 198995N89D041
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 9 October 1986
22 m awayRef 198695O86B012
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2000950012212 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.