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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH17 on 2 October 2003 at 00:15 involving a Honda Prelude

A Honda Prelude crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 00:15 on Thursday 2 October 2003. The 24-year-old male driver, a 16-year-old female passenger and a 23-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Oct 2003
Thursday, 00:15
Vehicles
1
Honda Prelude
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89084, longitude -3.15518, in the EH17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian West, Midlothian, EH20 9NJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003950008063
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Prelude

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,958 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Prelude)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Prelude)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Prelude)

    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 2003950008063 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.