A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 10 July 2003 at 18:48 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord crashed on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:48 on Thursday 10 July 2003. The 30-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jul 2003
- Thursday, 18:48
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda Accord
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89751, longitude -3.20879, in the EH10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colinton/Fairmilehead, City of Edinburgh, EH10 7EX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950005638
- 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
- 720
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 702
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
- Dislodged vehicle load in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2021.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 November 2021
9 m awayRef 2021991111697
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 February 1995
10 m awayRef 1995950192395
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 18 August 1981
14 m awayRef 198195881C061
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 July 2017
15 m awayRef 2017950001730
Slight
Lancia Dedra crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 January 1997
20 m awayRef 1997950105897
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 May 2001
20 m awayRef 2001950004635
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)
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 2003950005638 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.