Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH8 on 15 April 2006 at 09:45 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 09:45 on Saturday 15 April 2006. A 12-year-old male pedestrian 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
- 15 Apr 2006
- Saturday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94671, longitude -3.18567, in the EH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH8 9HL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950003275
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 December 1979
At the same spotRef 197995D79A014
Slight
Volvo crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 March 1994
At the same spotRef 1994950281094
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 July 1986
At the same spotRef 198695786A013
Slight
Leyland crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 August 1991
At the same spotRef 1991950911891
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 January 1982
At the same spotRef 198295182A032
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 September 1985
10 m awayRef 198595985A016
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2006950003275 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.