A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 16 February 2004 at 11:45 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:45 on Monday 16 February 2004. The 45-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was 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
- 16 Feb 2004
- Monday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93085, longitude -3.25385, in the EH11 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, EH14 1SS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950001404
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 December 1987
10 m awayRef 198795D87C047
Slight
Volvo crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 August 2020
12 m awayRef 2020990970936
Slight
Dennis crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 January 2008
14 m awayRef 2008950000495
Serious
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 3 March 2006
14 m awayRef 2006950001899
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 March 2002
14 m awayRef 2002950002973
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 December 2021
19 m awayRef 2021991127320
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 2004950001404 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 2004.