B924 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 21 May 2003 at 20:45 involving a Hyundai Accent
A Hyundai Accent crashed on the B924 in the City of Edinburgh at 20:45 on Wednesday 21 May 2003. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2003
- Wednesday, 20:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Hyundai Accent
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98664, longitude -3.36498, in the EH30 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950004167
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 924
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 April 1993.
Serious
Yamaha crash on the B924 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 April 1993
10 m awayRef 1993950415093
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B924 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 May 1984
10 m awayRef 198495584F039
Serious
Car crash on the B924 in the City of Edinburgh, 31 January 1981
10 m awayRef 198195181F035
Serious
Car crash on the B924 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 January 1991
14 m awayRef 1991950074591
Slight
Proton Proton crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 8 May 2003
22 m awayRef 2003950003786
Serious
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 24 April 2002
36 m awayRef 2002950003693
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Accent
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,341 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2003950004167 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.