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A8 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 14 August 2003 at 15:30 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Metrocab Metrocab taxi were involved in a crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh at 15:30 on Thursday 14 August 2003. A 58-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Metrocab Metrocab taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Aug 2003
Thursday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94192, longitude -3.26974, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Corstorphine/Murrayfield, City of Edinburgh, EH12 7DJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003950006613
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
8
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 24 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    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 2003950006613 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.