A6106 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 31 May 2007 at 17:40 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:40 on Thursday 31 May 2007. The 35-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2007
- Thursday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93551, longitude -3.11457, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh, EH15 3FL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950004716
- 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
- 6106
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Raining, 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 2016.
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 July 2016
At the same spotRef 2016950003252
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 January 2025
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Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 March 2022
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Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 August 2016
10 m awayRef 2016950003788
Slight
Car crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 October 1986
10 m awayRef 198695O86D018
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 January 1996
10 m awayRef 1996950042396
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
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 2007950004716 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.