B701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 5 September 2007 at 14:30 involving a Volvo 850
A Volvo 850 and a Volkswagen Lupo were involved in a crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh at 14:30 on Wednesday 5 September 2007. The 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Lupo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2007
- Wednesday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo 850 and Volkswagen Lupo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95966, longitude -3.30091, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drum Brae/Gyle, City of Edinburgh, EH4 7QF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950007690
- 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
- 701
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 1993.
Slight
Bedford Brava crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 May 1993
At the same spotRef 1993950508593
Slight
Car crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 January 1983
10 m awayRef 198395183C050
Slight
Leyland DAF 400 crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 May 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950490797
Slight
MG Maestro crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 November 1993
14 m awayRef 1993951290993
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 February 1982
14 m awayRef 198295282C018
Serious
Car crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 December 2008
14 m awayRef 2008950010416
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo 850
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,435 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Lupo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Lupo)
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 2007950007690 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.