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A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 17 September 2008 at 08:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 08:40 on Wednesday 17 September 2008. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Sep 2008
Wednesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92008, longitude -3.30423, in the EH11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH14 4AJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008950007643
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
720
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
71

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2008950007643 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.