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A199 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 7 February 2003 at 18:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:15 on Friday 7 February 2003. The 61-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 2003
Friday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Citroen AX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9466, longitude -3.08046, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh, EH15 2LL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003950001673
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
199
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,527 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

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 2003950001673 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 2003.