A8000 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 6 May 2007 at 12:40 involving a Rover 200 Series
A motorcycle and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:40 on Sunday 6 May 2007. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2007
- Sunday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97801, longitude -3.39689, in the EH30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH30 9BZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950003951
- 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
- 8000
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 33%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 67%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1996.
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 November 1996
At the same spotRef 1996951261496
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B800 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 September 2017
At the same spotRef 2017950001965
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A800 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 March 2004
10 m awayRef 2004950001947
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 August 1980
14 m awayRef 198095880F030
Serious
Car crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 May 1993
14 m awayRef 1993950578893
Slight
Car crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 May 1985
14 m awayRef 198595585F022
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,157 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2007950003951 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 2007.