Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH10 on 7 June 2006 at 18:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 18:45 on Wednesday 7 June 2006. The 61-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Jun 2006
- Wednesday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91283, longitude -3.21359, 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 6QP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950005038
- 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
- 40 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2015.
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 June 2015
10 m awayRef 2015950003118
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 September 1980
14 m awayRef 198095980A003
Serious
Car crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 August 1992
20 m awayRef 1992950929892
Serious
Car crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 September 1987
22 m awayRef 198795987C034
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 28 May 2006
32 m awayRef 2006950004649
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 10 March 2008
36 m awayRef 2008950002685
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 61, 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 2006950005038 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.