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A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 8 November 2005 at 20:00 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a car were involved in a crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 20:00 on Tuesday 8 November 2005. The 31-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 2005
Tuesday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8905, longitude -3.16221, in the EH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian West, Midlothian, EH20 9NJ 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
2005950009956
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
720
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
701

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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, 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 2005950009956 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.