Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH29 on 28 January 2002 at 18:40 involving a Citroen ZX
A Citroen ZX hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 18:40 on Monday 28 January 2002. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jan 2002
- Monday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen ZX
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95619, longitude -3.40347, in the EH29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkliston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH29 9DE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002950001007
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)
- 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 2002950001007 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 2002.