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A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 19 August 2005 at 17:00 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:00 on Friday 19 August 2005. The 67-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Aug 2005
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Honda and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93724, longitude -3.23501, 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
2005950007185
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
27%
Estimated chance it was slight
73%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, 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 2005950007185 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.