B702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 15 June 2007 at 18:42 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the B702 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:42 on Friday 15 June 2007. A 14-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2007
- Friday, 18:42
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9321, longitude -3.21003, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morningside, City of Edinburgh, EH10 4DR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950005180
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 702
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2001.
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B702 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 January 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950000334
Slight
Bus crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 July 1981
At the same spotRef 198195781C025
Serious
Car crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 March 1981
At the same spotRef 198195381A001
Slight
Bus crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 January 1987
At the same spotRef 198795187C013
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B702 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 July 2010
At the same spotRef 2010950004935
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 July 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991633887
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 2007950005180 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.