Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH30 on 8 June 2007 at 17:55 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:55 on Friday 8 June 2007. The 33-year-old male cyclist 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
- 8 Jun 2007
- Friday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98158, longitude -3.3757, in the EH30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Queensferry.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950004978
- 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
- Rural
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 July 1987.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 16 July 1987
10 m awayRef 198795787F018
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 25 July 1998
10 m awayRef 1998950712898
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 29 May 1993
10 m awayRef 1993950575593
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 25 August 1982
14 m awayRef 198295882F027
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 21 February 1995
30 m awayRef 1995950193395
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 1 May 1991
50 m awayRef 1991950487191
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 33, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2007950004978 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.