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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH14 on 20 June 2003 at 17:05 involving a Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle

A Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:05 on Friday 20 June 2003. The 39-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle was 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
20 Jun 2003
Friday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Yamaha FZS 600 and Citroen AX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91137, longitude -3.31226, in the EH14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003950005088
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha FZS 600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,527 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZS 600)

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 2003950005088 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.