A8000 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 31 August 2003 at 13:55 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra, a Citroen Xsara and a car were involved in a crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:55 on Sunday 31 August 2003. A 67-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xsara and the 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2003
- Sunday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Sierra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98393, longitude -3.39838, in the EH30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Queensferry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH30 9LZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950007115
- 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
- 8000
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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 28 October 1990.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 October 1990
At the same spotRef 1990951298790
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 May 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950003930
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 September 2013
49 m awayRef 2013950000548
Slight
Nissan Vanette crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 April 2007
50 m awayRef 2007950003483
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 May 2003
50 m awayRef 2003950004376
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 June 2008
54 m awayRef 2008950006482
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,593 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
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 2003950007115 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.