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A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 31 December 2003 at 23:10 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 23:10 on Wednesday 31 December 2003. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2003
Wednesday, 23:10
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91419, longitude -3.35075, in the EH28 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200395DUP0092
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
71
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200395DUP0092 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.