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M8 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 27 October 2004 at 12:15 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:15 on Wednesday 27 October 2004. The 54-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Oct 2004
Wednesday, 12:15
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92532, longitude -3.41564, in the EH28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH28 8LQ 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
2004950009304
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
8
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
8

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2004950009304 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.