A1 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 27 June 2005 at 18:10 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:10 on Monday 27 June 2005. A 39-year-old male pedestrian hit by the bicycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jun 2005
- Monday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95408, longitude -3.18525, in the EH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leith Walk, City of Edinburgh, EH7 5JR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950005552
- 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
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1
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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2002.
Slight
Metrocab Metrocab crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 November 2002
At the same spotRef 2002950000033
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 June 1981
At the same spotRef 198195681B025
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 August 1979
10 m awayRef 197995879B008
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 December 2012
10 m awayRef 2012950007297
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 November 1979
10 m awayRef 197995N79B005
Slight
Vauxhall Calibra crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 August 1996
10 m awayRef 1996950869296
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 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
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 39, hit by 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 2005950005552 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.