A8000 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 26 October 2007 at 13:25 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a Volkswagen Touran and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:25 on Friday 26 October 2007. A 6-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2007
- Friday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96979, longitude -3.40092, in the EH30 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950008947
- 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
- 8000
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1992.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 April 1992
30 m awayRef 1992950471892
Slight
Scania crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 May 2007
73 m awayRef 2007950004031
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 April 2005
73 m awayRef 2005950003318
Slight
Iveco crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 June 2007
82 m awayRef 2007950005395
Slight
Car crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 August 2001
114 m awayRef 2001950007513
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the B800 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 January 2021
119 m awayRef 2021991015442
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Touran
Car
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Honda Civic
Car
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2007950008947 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.