Serious A701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 14 February 2002 at 20:08 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna hit a pedestrian on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh at 20:08 on Thursday 14 February 2002. A 21-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Feb 2002
- Thursday, 20:08
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89617, longitude -3.16142, in the EH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002950001475
- 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
- 701
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1997.
Slight
Honda crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 October 1997
At the same spotRef 1997951113197
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 May 2002
10 m awayRef 2002950004067
Serious
Car crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 March 1980
10 m awayRef 198095380A001
Serious
Jaguar X Type crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 November 2017
30 m awayRef 2017950002323
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 February 1989
30 m awayRef 198995289A039
Slight
Van crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 August 1979
41 m awayRef 197995879A033
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,946 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2002950001475 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.