C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH6 on 31 October 2001 at 09:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a Honda motorcycle and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 09:15 on Wednesday 31 October 2001. The 24-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle 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
- 31 Oct 2001
- Wednesday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96421, longitude -3.17883, in the EH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leith, City of Edinburgh, EH6 5HB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001950009579
- 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
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 9 November 2009
10 m awayRef 2009950008877
Slight
Van crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 19 July 1989
10 m awayRef 198995789D016
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 21 July 2025
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Slight
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 30 May 1985
14 m awayRef 198595585B013
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 10 June 1989
14 m awayRef 198995689B016
Serious
Bus crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 31 December 1987
20 m awayRef 198795D87D027
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Engine capacity
- 1,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)
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 2001950009579 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 2001.