B701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 18 October 2005 at 18:35 involving a Suzuki Ignis
A Suzuki Ignis and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:35 on Tuesday 18 October 2005. The 53-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Oct 2005
- Tuesday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Ignis and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94947, longitude -3.29529, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drum Brae/Gyle, City of Edinburgh, EH12 8XU 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
- 2005950009140
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 701
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 September 1987
At the same spotRef 198795987C007
Serious
Car crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 February 1983
At the same spotRef 198395283C004
Slight
Car crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 April 1985
At the same spotRef 198595485C020
Slight
Car crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 October 1984
10 m awayRef 198495O84C068
Slight
Volvo crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 January 2011
32 m awayRef 2011950000101
Slight
Bus crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 December 2008
32 m awayRef 2008950011326
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Ignis
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 2005950009140 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.