Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH10 on 19 March 2006 at 12:15 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 12:15 on Sunday 19 March 2006. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 2006
- Sunday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90093, longitude -3.19962, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colinton/Fairmilehead, City of Edinburgh, EH10 7EX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950002427
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 99 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 1998.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 August 1998
99 m awayRef 1998950740198
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 17 June 1996
100 m awayRef 1996950607896
Slight
Lorry crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 July 1988
120 m awayRef 198895788A029
Slight
Car crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 October 1984
133 m awayRef 198495O84A011
Serious
Bus crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 December 1985
136 m awayRef 198595D85A011
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 20 December 2008
143 m awayRef 2008950000168
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
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 2006950002427 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 2006.