Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 28 September 2007 at 14:15 involving a Honda SES125 motorcycle
A Honda SES125 motorcycle and a Toyota Picnic were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 14:15 on Friday 28 September 2007. The 38-year-old male rider of the Honda SES125 motorcycle 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
- 28 Sep 2007
- Friday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda SES125 and Toyota Picnic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93784, longitude -3.21966, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre, City of Edinburgh, EH10 4JW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950008594
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 1992.
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 17 March 1992
10 m awayRef 1992950316792
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 28 April 1993
10 m awayRef 1993950458293
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 6 December 1984
58 m awayRef 198495D84C013
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 1 October 2003
81 m awayRef 2003950008054
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 9 June 2005
81 m awayRef 2005950004953
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 25 November 2007
94 m awayRef 2007950010485
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda SES125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Toyota Picnic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,184 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda SES125)
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 2007950008594 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.