A904 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 6 June 2008 at 17:00 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the A904 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:00 on Friday 6 June 2008. The 33-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and the 29-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jun 2008
- Friday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Peugeot 307
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98385, longitude -3.40543, in the EH30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH30 9LZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950004787
- 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
- 904
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 October 2025.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A904 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 October 2025
8 m awayRef 2025991659461
Fatal
Car crash on the A904 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 June 1981
32 m awayRef 198195681F014
Slight
Car crash on the A904 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 March 1984
41 m awayRef 198495384F033
Serious
Rover 45 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 20 October 2004
41 m awayRef 2004950009120
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 27 September 2013
41 m awayRef 2013950005359
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A904 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 November 1994
51 m awayRef 1994951268694
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
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 2008950004787 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 2008.