A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 18 June 2006 at 22:50 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra crashed on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 22:50 on Sunday 18 June 2006. The 23-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jun 2006
- Sunday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92765, longitude -3.16796, in the EH16 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, EH16 5PG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950005292
- 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
- 7
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 1986.
Slight
Bus crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 November 1986
At the same spotRef 198695N86A043
Serious
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 July 1988
At the same spotRef 198895788A031
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 June 1980
At the same spotRef 198095680A006
Serious
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 December 1984
At the same spotRef 198495D84A008
Slight
Mercedes Gla Class crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 August 2025
9 m awayRef 2025991630556
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 October 1983
10 m awayRef 198395O83A037
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
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 2006950005292 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.