A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 19 April 2005 at 17:40 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:40 on Tuesday 19 April 2005. The 40-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 crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2005
- Tuesday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93695, longitude -3.23692, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sighthill/Gorgie, City of Edinburgh, EH11 2FD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950004296
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 November 1987.
Serious
Van crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 November 1987
At the same spotRef 198795N87C024
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 February 1982
At the same spotRef 198295282C039
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 May 2008
At the same spotRef 2008950004283
Slight
Van crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 November 1979
At the same spotRef 197995N79C031
Serious
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 September 1983
At the same spotRef 198395983C036
Slight
Bus crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 May 1987
At the same spotRef 198795587C001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 40, 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 2005950004296 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 2005.