C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH2 on 22 December 2008 at 11:00 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 11:00 on Monday 22 December 2008. A 45-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2008
- Monday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95304, longitude -3.20011, in the EH2 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, EH2 2HG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950011331
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 1991.
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 12 June 1991
At the same spotRef 1991950650791
Slight
Leyland crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 28 November 2002
At the same spotRef 2002950010926
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 14 February 1979
At the same spotRef 197995279B024
Slight
Leyland crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 25 May 1996
At the same spotRef 1996950524496
Slight
Dennis crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 20 May 2011
At the same spotRef 2011950003378
Slight
Leyland crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 16 February 2004
At the same spotRef 2004950001411
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 45, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2008950011331 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.