A6095 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 2 July 2007 at 09:30 involving a Renault Trafic van
A Renault Trafic van and a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh at 09:30 on Monday 2 July 2007. The 42-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jul 2007
- Monday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Trafic and Yamaha YZF R1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93272, longitude -3.10568, 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
- 2007950005664
- 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
- 6095
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 24 February 2017
10 m awayRef 2017950000679
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 July 2017
10 m awayRef 2017950001771
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 7 September 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950929697
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 28 September 2005
14 m awayRef 2005950008469
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 February 2012
14 m awayRef 2012950000971
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 March 2007
14 m awayRef 2007950002694
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R1
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 42, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R1)
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 2007950005664 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.