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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH14 on 1 October 2003 at 17:15 involving a Volvo 850

A Volvo 850 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:15 on Wednesday 1 October 2003. The 32-year-old male cyclist was 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
1 Oct 2003
Wednesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Volvo 850 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92831, longitude -3.22944, in the EH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, City of Edinburgh, EH11 1RW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003950008131
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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 phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 850

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,319 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 2003950008131 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.