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B800 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 18 April 2004 at 03:20 involving a London Taxis Int. Txii

A London Taxis Int. Txii crashed on the B800 in the City of Edinburgh at 03:20 on Sunday 18 April 2004. A 49-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 2004
Sunday, 03:20
Vehicles
1
London Taxis Int. Txii
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9571, longitude -3.40254, in the EH29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkliston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH29 9DE 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
2004950003199
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
800
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. Txii

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. Txii)

    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 2004950003199 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.